pstack, truss, etc

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Agenda

Truss with few examples.

Demos of truss (hopefully)

Proc tools intro: pmap, pfiles etc.

pstack
Truss

Truss is to trace UNIX system calls and signals.

Use only if Oracle instrumentation is not sufficient

to debug.

Nearly, all platforms provides tools similar to Truss

utility in Solaris.
Read

t1 t5 Database
engine

t2 t4 System
calls

t3 SAN
layer

Db file sequential read = t1 + t2 + t3 + t4 + t5

pread response time = t2 + t3 + t4

I/O response time = t3

Truss

Description:
The truss utility traces the system calls and the signal process receives.

Options:
truss [-fcaeildD] [ - [tTvx] [!] syscall ,...] [ - [sS] [!]
signal ,...] [ - [mM] [!] fault ,...] [ - [rw] [!] fd ,...] [ -
[uU] [!] lib ,... : [:] [!] func ,...] [-o outfile] com- mand |
-p pid...

Solaris truss
Hpux- tusc
Linux strace
AIX - truss
Truss - trace system calls and signals

truss p 28393

fstat(18, 0xFFBFA100) = 0
lseek(17, 0x0216B000, SEEK_SET) = 0x0216B000
write(17, "C8021686 )\0\0 )D0\0\0\0".., 4096) = 4096
lseek(17, 0x0219D000, SEEK_SET) = 0x0219D000
read(17, "\0\0\0\00101\001FF \0\0".., 4096) = 4096
 Truss Few outputs
$ truss -d -E -p 1873
Base time stamp: 1310009834.7781 [ Wed Jul 6 22:37:14 CDT 2011 ]
0.0124 0.0000 semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF9328, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF9340) Err#11 EAGAIN
0.1128 0.0000 semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF9328, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF9340) Err#11 EAGAIN
0.1130 0.0000 mmap(0xFFFFFD7FFC1DE000, 65536, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|
MAP_FIXED, 7, 0) = 0xFFFFFD7FFC1DE000
0.2132 0.0000 semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF9328, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF9340) Err#11 EAGAIN
0.3138 0.0000 semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF9328, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF9340) Err#11 EAGAIN
0.4142 0.0000 semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF9328, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF9340) Err#11 EAGAIN
0.5146 0.0000 semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF9328, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF9340) Err#11 EAGAIN
0.6150 0.0000 semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF9328, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF9340) Err#11 EAGAIN
0.7163 0.0000 semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF9328, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF9340) Err#11 EAGAIN
0.8181 0.0000 semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF9328, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF9340) Err#11 EAGAIN

Time stamp displacement

From base timestamp.
Seconds.fraction of sec
Elapsed time in the system call.

Semtimedop is the call used by the database processes to sleep

Waiting for an event or timer expiry.
 Foreground reads

13.2066 0.0001 pread(256, "06A2\0\098 AC001A9 . 5\0".., 8192, 0x14030000) = 8192
13.3202 0.0001 pread(261, "06A2\0\0C6 ?C001 P . 5\0".., 8192, 0x1418C000) = 8192
13.3215 0.0000 pread(262, "06A2\0\0 3 EC00101 . 5\0".., 8192, 0x14666000) = 8192
13.3250 0.0000 pread(257, "06A2\0\099 >C001C6 * 5\0".., 8192, 0x14532000) = 8192
13.3618 0.0001 pread(257, "06A2\0\0CE FC00101 . 5\0".., 8192, 0x1479C000) = 8192
13.4259 0.0001 pread(263, "06A2\0\0 B BC001CD . 5\0".., 8192, 0x16384000) = 8192

Foreground process reads 8K blocks from the disk in to buffer

cache.

Demo: tp.ksh, dbf_seq_gen.sql

 DTrace validation

0 => pread timestamp : 603738039993

0 | default_physio:phread oracle sysinfo: timestamp : 603738051273
0 | swtch:pswitch oracle sysinfo: timestamp : 603738095445
0 | pread:sysread oracle sysinfo: timestamp : 603738885753
0 | pread:readch oracle sysinfo: timestamp : 603738888173
0 <= pread timestamp : 603738890591 elapsed : 850598

DTrace analysis of pread call shows 0.8ms

 Linux FG

$strace tttT o /tmp/s1.lst p 2395

1331096471.539412 pread(25, "\6\242\0\0000HA\0w~\v

\0\0\0\1\6\250e\0\0\1\0\3\0\2\0\0\0v~\v\0"..., 8192,
113639424) = 8192 <0.000360>
1331096471.539996 pread(25, "\6\242\0\0001HA\0\320~\v
\0\0\0\1\6TJ\0\0\1\0\2\0\2\0\0\0\317~\v\0"..., 8192,
113647616) = 8192 <0.000626>
1331096471.540881 pread(25, "\6\242\0\0003HA\0\34\177\v
\0\0\0\1\6jW\0\0\1\0\0\0\2\0\0\0\33\177\v\0"..., 8192,
113664000) = 8192 <0.000474>
1331096471.541567 pread(25, "\6\242\0\0004HA\0[\177\v
\0\0\0\1\6\33/\0\0\1\0\0\0\2\0\0\0Z\177\v\0"..., 8192,
113672192) = 8192 <0.000436>

Foreground process reads 8K blocks from the disk in to buffer

cache.
 Enqueue waits

4.3380 0.5417 0.0000 semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF6AD8, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF6AF0) Err#11 EAGAIN

4.8800 0.5420 0.0000 semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF6AD8, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF6AF0) Err#11 EAGAIN
5.4218 0.5418 0.0000 semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF6AD8, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF6AF0) Err#11 EAGAIN
5.9642 0.5424 0.0000 semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF6AD8, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF6AF0) Err#11 EAGAIN
5.9644 0.0002 0.0000 times(0xFFFFFD7FFFDF7040) = 109615
5.9644 0.0000 0.0000 times(0xFFFFFD7FFFDF7040) = 109615
6.5062 0.5418 0.0000 semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF6AD8, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF6AF0) Err#11 EAGAIN
6.5979 0.0917 0.0000 semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF6AD8, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDF6AF0) = 0

Lock waiters also sleep on semtimedop call with 0.5ms sleep.

Demo: @enq_wait from two session, ./tp.ksh

Truss

To trace a process, print timestamp offset from the start of TRUSS command
and print minimal information
truss d p <pid> Example: truss d p 23898

To trace a process, send output to a file and print minimal information.

truss o /tmp/truss.out p <pid>
Example: truss o /tmp/truss.out d p 23898

To trace a process, follow its children and print minimal information

truss f p <pid> Example: truss f p 23898

Demo: truss listener (tplistener.ksh), ./sqpo for

connection
Connection creation
1432 is the listener process. Double
fork creating a connection.

1432/1: 4.9712 0.0006 fork1() = 5002

5002: 4.9711 0.0000 fork1() (returning as child ...) = 1432
5002: 4.9763 0.0000 getpid() = 5002 [1432]

5002: 4.9791 0.0004 fork1() = 5004

5004: 4.9791 0.0000 fork1() (returning as child ...) = 5002
5004: 4.9820 0.0000 getpid() = 5004 [5002]

5004: 4.9860 0.0000 setsid() Err#1 EPERM

5004: 4.9880 0.0019 execve("/u02/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/
dbhome_2/bin/oracle", 0x004DA7A0, 0x006FDD80) argc= 2

Oracle binary executed to create oracle process.

Truss Word of caution

At every system call, truss inspects the process. This

*potentially* could slow down the process.

So, Truss critical processes, only when it is necessary to

do so.
PMON behavior

0.7998 0.0002 open("/proc/1456/psinfo", O_RDONLY) = 40
0.7998 0.0000 read(40, "\0\0\00201\0\0\0B005\0\0".., 416) = 416
0.7999 0.0001 close(40) = 0

0.7999 0.0000 open("/proc/1458/psinfo", O_RDONLY) = 40

0.7999 0.0000 read(40, "\0\0\00201\0\0\0B205\0\0".., 416) = 416
0.8000 0.0001 close(40) = 0

0.8000 0.0000 open("/proc/1462/psinfo", O_RDONLY) = 40

0.8001 0.0001 read(40, "\0\0\00202\0\0\0B605\0\0".., 416) = 416
0.8001 0.0000 close(40) = 0

PMON is checking the status of database connection processes.

This is how PMON identifies dead process to cleanup.
PMON detect killed process

20.8818 0.0000 open("/proc/2372/psinfo", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
20.8826 0.0008 pollsys(0x0EA992B0, 3, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDFAFD0, 0x00000000) = 0
20.8828 0.0002 write(42, "04 Z\0\006\0\0\0\0\0\0\0".., 1114) = 1114
20.8838 0.0010 write(37, "04 Z\0\006\0\0\0\0\0\0\0".., 1114) = 1114
20.8843 0.0005 pollsys(0x0EA992B0, 3, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDFB0E0, 0x00000000) = 2

Process 2372 was killed and ENOENT thrown. PMON

detected the process death and cleaned up the resources.
DBWR truss

$ truss -d -D -p 1473 |more
Base time stamp: 1327357172.8340 [ Mon Jan 23 16:19:32 CST 2012 ]

/1:semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDFD188, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDFD1A0) (sleeping...)

/1:3.2222 3.0003 semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDFD188, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDFD1A0) Err#11 EAGAIN

/1:semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDFD188, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDFD1A0) (sleeping...)

/1:6.2228 3.0004 semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDFD188, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDFD1A0) Err#11 EAGAIN

/1:semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDFD188, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDFD1A0) (sleeping...)

/1:9.2372 3.0143 semtimedop(7, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDFD188, 1, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDFD1A0) Err#11 EAGAIN

Semtimedop call is used by DBWR to sleep for 3 seconds waiting on

semaphore. Wakesup at semaphore activity or timeout.

Demo: tp.ksh on DBWR, alter system checkpoint

DB startup
A Shared memory segment is created for SGA.

ps ef|grep oracle
truss -d -E -f -o /tmp/dbstart.lst -p 2522

4.8050 0.0000 shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, 4194304, 0660) = 58

4.8051 0.0000 shmat(58, 0, IPC_ALLOC) = 0xFFFFFD7FFC600000
4.8051 0.0000 shmctl(58, IPC_RMID, 0) = 0

4.8054 0.0000 shmget(3433015348, 536879104, 0660|IPC_CREAT|IPC_EXCL) = 59

4.8055 0.0000 shmget(3433015349, 0, 0) Err#2 ENOENT

4.8055 0.0000 shmget(3433015350, 0, 0) Err#2 ENOENT
4.8055 0.0000 shmget(3433015351, 0, 0) Err#2 ENOENT
4.8059 0.0004 shmat(59, 0x60000000, IPC_ALLOC) = 0x60000000

A sqlplus connection process was TRUSSed to get all system calls with f flag.

Demo: startup db
Shared memory segment

0xcc9fa834 = 3433015348

4.8054 0.0000 shmget(3433015348, 536879104, 0660|IPC_CREAT|IPC_EXCL) = 59

$ipcs ma
Shared Memory:

T ID KEY ... CGROUP NATTCH SEGSZ

m 59 0xcc9fa834... Oinstall 54 536879104

M 1 0xea42bf0c... oinstall 37 285220864

Shared memory segment was created with that shmget call, 59 shm id.

Demo: startup db
PMON startup

2522 is sqlplus connection process, a

double fork to pmon pid 2540

2522: 6.4786 0.0024 fork1() = 2538

2538: 6.4786 0.0000 fork1() (returning as child ...)= 2522
2538: 6.4812 0.0000 getpid() = 2538 [2522]
2538: 6.4819 0.0000 lwp_self() = 1
..
2538: 6.4823 0.0000 close(21) = 0
2538: 6.4824 0.0000 schedctl() = 0xFFFFFD7FFDDEE000
2538: 6.4831 0.0006 fork1() = 2540
2540: 6.4831 0.0000 fork1() (returning as child ...) = 2538

$strings /proc/2540/psinfo
Oracle
ora_pmon_solrac2
PMON attach

2540: 6.5195 0.0000 shmget(3433015348, 0, 0) = 59

2540: 6.5195 0.0000 shmctl(59, IPC_STAT, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDFEA40) = 0
2540: 6.5196 0.0000 shmat(59, 0, 0) = 0xFFFFFD7FDCA00000
2540: 6.5197 0.0000 shmdt(0xFFFFFD7FDCA00000) = 0
2540: 6.5197 0.0000 shmget(3433015349, 0, 0) Err#2 ENOENT
2540: 6.5198 0.0000 shmget(3433015350, 0, 0) Err#2 ENOENT
2540: 6.5198 0.0000 shmget(3433015351, 0, 0) Err#2 ENOENT
2540: 6.5200 0.0002 shmat(59, 0x60000000, IPC_ALLOC) = 0x60000000

PMON process attached to the shared memory segment

through a shmat call.
 Truss

To trace a process and include/exclude specific system calls.

$ truss -d -E -t read -p 1468

Base time stamp: 1330727893.5418 [ Fri Mar 2 16:38:13 CST 2012 ]

1.7195 0.0000 read(38, "\0\0\00201\0\0\0BE05\0\0".., 416) = 416
1.7200 0.0000 read(38, "\0\0\00201\0\0\0C005\0\0".., 416) = 416
1.7201 0.0000 read(38, "\0\0\00201\0\0\0C405\0\0".., 416) = 416

$ truss -d -E -t !read -p 1468

Base time stamp: 1330728046.1275 [ Fri Mar 2 16:40:46 CST 2012 ]
pollsys(0x0EA992B0, 3, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDFB0F0, 0x00000000) (sleeping...)
2.1865 0.0001 pollsys(0x0EA992B0, 3, 0xFFFFFD7FFFDFB0F0, 0x00000000) = 0
2.1867 0.0000 times(0xFFFFFD7FFFDFC970) = 128012
2.1868 0.0000 times(0xFFFFFD7FFFDFC970) = 128012

Demo: @dbf_seq_gen tp_pread.ksh, tp_all.ksh, tp_exc.ksh

 Strace is the equivalent in Linux.
Linux -tt is to print the timestamp with microseconds.
-T is to print the time spent in the system call.

$strace -ttT -p 5164

Process 5164 attached - interrupt to quit

..
09:34:38.712285 open("/proc/5166/stat", O_RDONLY) = 28 <0.000154>
09:34:38.712684 read(28, "5166 (oracle) S 1 5166 5166 0 -1"..., 999) = 226
<0.000182>
09:34:38.713081 close(28) = 0 <0.000168>
09:34:38.713455 open("/proc/5170/stat", O_RDONLY) = 28 <0.000180>

Read of 226 bytes took 1.82 ms at 09:34:38.712684

AIX & HP

Truss is available in AIX & HP too.

In HP-UX, truss is called tusc; Usually, there are
soft links to tusc named truss.

man pages on truss or tusc should give all options

available.

In AIX, -E flag, is not available.

truss & pfiles
Truss:

write(18, " 9 8 7 1 0 o b j\n <".., 21) = 21

fstat(18, 0xFFBFA058) = 0
write(18, " 9 8 7 2 0 R > >\n s".., 18) = 18

Pfiles:

pfiles can be used to associate this file ids with file names.
Pfiles lists the files currently opened by a process. In few
unix platform, this can be achieved by lsof command
also.

Demo: find trace file name

 Using these device numbers and
pfiles Inode numbers, file names can be mapped.

pfiles 28393
28393: ar60runb P_CONC_REQUEST_ID=2452107 STARTDATE='012006'
ENDDATE='122006'
Current rlimit: 4096 file descriptors
0: S_IFIFO mode:0000 dev:272,0 ino:7325504 uid:11175 gid:100 size:0
...
17: S_IFREG mode:0644 dev:233,63004 ino:895242 uid:11175 gid:100 size:
102522880
O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC
18: S_IFREG mode:0644 dev:233,63004 ino:895305 uid:11175 gid:100 size:
25491841
O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC

This is the file_id This is the device id

In the truss output Inode number
Of the form minor,major
Pfiles & proc tools
Many tools available, aka proc tools

pflags, pcred, pldd, psig, pstack, pfiles, pwdx,

pstop, prun, pwait, ptree, ptime

WARNINGS

The following proc tools stop their target processes while inspecting them
and reporting the results: pfiles, pldd, pmap, and pstack.

A process can do nothing while it is stopped. Stopping a heavily used

process in a production environment, even for a short amount of time, can
cause severe bottlenecks ..
pmap
Process memory need to be monitored and pmap command can
give a breakdown of process memory.

Useful in Oracle environments to differentiate SGA and PGA of

a connection process.

Some information is cryptic though.

In AIX, this tool is named as procmap

In Linux, & HP-UX, pmap is available
 Pmap prints a nice memory map
pmap <pid> of the Process. Various heaps and
Stacks are printed here.
$ pmap -x 2540 |more
2540: ora_pmon_solrac2
Address Kbytes RSS Anon Locked Mode Mapped File
0000000000400000 232736 37864 - - r-x-- oracle
000000000E757000 1424 476 144 - rw--- oracle
000000000E8BB000 156 32 32 - rw--- oracle
000000000E8E2000 1972 1132 1124 - rw--- [ heap ]
0000000060000000 526336 321508 - - rwxs- [ dism
shmid=0x3b ]
FFFFFD7FFCAA0000 64 - - - rwx-- [ anon ]
FFFFFD7FFCABE000 72 8 8 - rw--- [ anon ]
FFFFFD7FFCAD0000 64 12 12 - rw--- [ anon ]
FFFFFD7FFCAE0000 64 20 20 - rw--- [ anon ]
..
---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
total Kb 780044 368316 2072 -

Total memory mapping size

Demo: testcase1.sql, pmap x

 -s flag prints Hardware Address
pmap of pmon Translation.
Pmap xs <pid>
...
Address Kbytes RSS ... Pgsz Mode Mapped File
000000000EACF000 16 - - - rw--- [ heap ]
0000000060000000 2048 2048 4K rwxs- [ dism shmid=0x7 ]
0000000060200000 378880 174080 - rwxs- [ dism shmid=0x7 ]
0000000077400000 4096 4096 4K rwxs- [ dism shmid=0x7 ]
0000000077800000 12288 12288 - rwxs- [ dism shmid=0x7 ]
0000000078400000 4096 4096 4K rwxs- [ dism shmid=0x7 ]
0000000078800000 12288 12288 - rwxs- [ dism shmid=0x7 ]
0000000079400000 2048 2048 4K rwxs- [ dism shmid=0x7 ]
0000000079600000 2048 2048 rwxs- [ dism shmid=0x7 ]
0000000079800000 10240 10240 4K rwxs- [ dism shmid=0x7 ]
000000007A200000 4096 4096 - rwxs- [ dism shmid=0x7 ]
000000007A600000 6144 6144 4K rwxs- [ dism shmid=0x7 ]
000000007AC00000 2048 2048 - rwxs- [ dism shmid=0x7 ]
000000007AE00000 2048 2048 4K rwxs- [ dism shmid=0x7 ]

---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------

total Kb 781064 377672
Shared memory segment that can
grow or shrink.
 A small shell script, to dump Memory map
pmap and stack of a process, in a loop,
every 10 seconds.

#! /bin/ksh
pid=$1
(( cnt=1000 ))
while [[ $cnt -gt 0 ]];
do
date
pmap -x $pid
pstack $pid
echo $cnt
(( cnt=cnt-1 ))
sleep 10
done
pmap
Address Kbytes RSS Anon Locked Mode Mapped File
00010000 72 72 - - r-x-- java
00030000 16 16 16 - rwx-- java
00034000 8744 8680 8680 - rwx-- [ heap ]
77980000 1224 1048 - - r--s- dev:273,2000 ino:104403
77CFA000 24 24 24 - rw--R [ anon ]
...
FF39A000 8 8 8 - rwx-- libthread.so.1
FF3A0000 8 8 - - r-x-- libc_psr.so.1
FF3B0000 184 184 - - r-x-- ld.so.1
FF3EE000 8 8 8 - rwx-- ld.so.1
FF3F0000 8 8 8 - rwx-- ld.so.1
FF3FA000 8 8 8 - rwx-- libdl.so.1
FFB80000 24 - - - ----- [ anon ]
FFBF0000 64 64 64 - rw--- [ stack ]
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------
total Kb 182352 65568 26360 -
Process initially started with
a memory usage of 182MB
pmap
Address Kbytes RSS Anon Locked Mode Mapped File
00010000 72 72 - - r-x-- java
00030000 16 16 16 - rwx-- java
00034000 8808 8720 8720 - rwx-- [ heap ]
77980000 1224 1048 - - r--s- dev:273,2000 ino:104403
77CFA000 24 24 24 - rw--R [ anon ]
77F7A000 24 24 24 - rw--R [ anon ]
78000000 72 72 72 - rwx-- [ anon ]
78012000 64 64 64 - rwx-- [ anon ]
7814C000 144 144 144 - rwx-- [ anon ]
78170000 8 8 8 - rwx-- [ anon ]
78172000 8 8 8 - rwx-- [ anon ]
78174000 8 8 8 - rwx-- [ anon ]
78176000 104 104 104 - rwx-- [ anon ]
..
FF3F0000 8 8 8 - rwx-- ld.so.1
FF3FA000 8 8 8 - rwx-- libdl.so.1
FFB80000 24 - - - ----- [ anon ]
FFBF0000 64 64 64 - rw--- [ stack ]
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------
total Kb 281040 210736 171528 -
YATC (Yet Another Test Case)

Program is running for many hours. Recently there was a minor

code change to the program.

Demo: testcase2.sql, pstack_loop.ksh <pid> 20

pstack $pstack 2544
2544: oraclesolrac1 (DESCRIPTION=(LOCAL=YES)
(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)))
000000000ab1418f pevm_SUBSTR () + 12f
000000000aad49bf pfrinstr_SUBSTR () + 5f
000000000aac5880 pfrrun_no_tool () + 40
000000000aac6a6f pfrrun () + 4df
000000000ab2e3fa plsql_run () + 2ea
000000000aaa4a83 peicnt () + 143
000000000a0fba56 kkxexe () + 216
000000000447b5c7 opiexe () + 2757
0000000004d54695 kpoal8 () + ce5
0000000004472693 opiodr () + 433
0000000008e67f69 ttcpip () + 599
000000000444cfc0 opitsk () + 600
000000000445bb75 opiino () + 675
0000000004472693 opiodr () + 433
0000000004441f4e opidrv () + 32e
0000000005672197 sou2o () + 57
000000000159eac9 opimai_real () + 219
000000000568f2de ssthrdmain () + 14e
000000000159e89b main () + cb
000000000159e67c ???????? ()
 In AIX, this tool is named as procstack
pstack
2544: oraclesolrac2 (DESCRIPTION=(LOCAL=YES)(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)))
000000000ab135cc pevm_MOVC_i () + 5c
000000000aac9c9e pfrinstr_MOVC () + 2e
000000000aac5880 pfrrun_no_tool () + 40
000000000aac6a6f pfrrun () + 4df
000000000ab2e3fa plsql_run () + 2ea
000000000aaa4a83 peicnt () + 143

2544: oraclesolrac2 (DESCRIPTION=(LOCAL=YES)(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)))
00000000091a2a3b kghuwrlength () + 4b
0000000009e348f3 plsm0vc_rsz () + 43
000000000ab141ca pevm_SUBSTR () + 16a
000000000aad49bf pfrinstr_SUBSTR () + 5f
000000000aac5880 pfrrun_no_tool () + 40
000000000aac6a6f pfrrun () + 4df
000000000ab2e3fa plsql_run () + 2ea

2544: oraclesolrac2 (DESCRIPTION=(LOCAL=YES)(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)))
000000000ab26125 pevm_icd_call_common () + c5
000000000aacb5e3 pfrinstr_BCAL () + 53
000000000aac5880 pfrrun_no_tool () + 40
000000000aac6a6f pfrrun () + 4df
000000000ab2e3fa plsql_run () + 2ea
000000000aaa4a83 peicnt () + 143...
Oradebug short_stack

Oradebug short_stack also can be used to get process stack.

Example:

SQL> oradebug setmypid

Statement processed.
SQL> oradebug short_stack
ksedsts()+1123<-ksdxfstk()+33<-ksdxen_int()+5127<-ksdxen()+14<-
opiodr()+1075<-ttcpip()+1433<-opitsk()+1536<-opiino()+1653<-opiodr()
+1075<-opidrv()+814<-sou2o()+87<-opimai_real()+537<-ssthrdmain()
+334<-main()+203<-_start()+108
SQL> oradebug short_stack
ksedsts()+1123<-ksdxfstk()+33<-ksdxen_int()+5127<-ksdxen()+14<-
opiodr()+1075<-ttcpip()+1433<-opitsk()+1536<-opiino()+1653<-opiodr()
+1075<-opidrv()+814<-sou2o()+87<-opimai_real()+537<-ssthrdmain()
+334<-main()+203<-_start()+108
SQL>
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