The pstack(1) command print a stack trace of a running process. Use the below steps to install it on a CentOS/RHEL system.
What Package provides pstack Command
For CentOS/RHEL 5
The pstack package can be installed with:
# yum install pstack
For CentOS/RHEL 6,7
In CentOS/RHEL 6/7, the pstack tool is provided by gdb package. To install gdb, please do :
# yum install gdb
The gdb package will include the gstack and pstack commands. For example:
# rpm -ql gdb-7.2-92.el6.x86_64 | egrep "pstack|gstack" /usr/bin/gstack /usr/bin/pstack
Command Usage
You can then call it as either ‘pstack‘ or ‘gstack‘.
# gstack Usage: gstack [process-id]
# pstack Usage: pstack [process-id]
Examples
# gstack 21142 Thread 2 (Thread 0x7f1b3181b700 (LWP 21148)): #0 0x0000003dfaadf3e7 in ppoll () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x0000003a4f43298e in pa_rtpoll_run () from /usr/lib64/libpulsecore-0.9.21.so #2 0x00007f1b27bfb0a7 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/pulse-0.9.21/modules/module-null-sink.so #3 0x00000032b12389b8 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libpulsecommon-0.9.21.so #4 0x0000003dfae079d1 in start_thread () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0 #5 0x0000003dfaae89dd in clone () from /lib64/libc.so.6 Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f1b376ad740 (LWP 21142)): #0 0x0000003dfaadf3e7 in ppoll () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x00000032b161cb87 in pa_mainloop_poll () from /usr/lib64/libpulse.so.0 #2 0x00000032b161dec9 in pa_mainloop_iterate () from /usr/lib64/libpulse.so.0 #3 0x00000032b161df80 in pa_mainloop_run () from /usr/lib64/libpulse.so.0 #4 0x000000000040a927 in main ()
# pstack 21142 Thread 2 (Thread 0x7f1b3181b700 (LWP 21148)): #0 0x0000003dfaadf3e7 in ppoll () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x0000003a4f43298e in pa_rtpoll_run () from /usr/lib64/libpulsecore-0.9.21.so #2 0x00007f1b27bfb0a7 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/pulse-0.9.21/modules/module-null-sink.so #3 0x00000032b12389b8 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libpulsecommon-0.9.21.so #4 0x0000003dfae079d1 in start_thread () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0 #5 0x0000003dfaae89dd in clone () from /lib64/libc.so.6 Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f1b376ad740 (LWP 21142)): #0 0x0000003dfaadf3e7 in ppoll () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x00000032b161cb87 in pa_mainloop_poll () from /usr/lib64/libpulse.so.0 #2 0x00000032b161dec9 in pa_mainloop_iterate () from /usr/lib64/libpulse.so.0 #3 0x00000032b161df80 in pa_mainloop_run () from /usr/lib64/libpulse.so.0 #4 0x000000000040a927 in main ()