From 9e5b87786de156a4ec6d41a7bb32aa4e4e30c342 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vern Paxson <vern@corelight.com>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 12:39:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] generate --event-trace output explicitly rather than in
 EventTraceMgr destructor

---
 src/EventTrace.cc | 2 +-
 src/EventTrace.h  | 4 +++-
 src/zeek-setup.cc | 3 +++
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/EventTrace.cc b/src/EventTrace.cc
index 6fb0511d01..09eda0cb5e 100644
--- a/src/EventTrace.cc
+++ b/src/EventTrace.cc
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ EventTraceMgr::EventTraceMgr(const std::string& trace_file) {
         reporter->FatalError("can't open event trace file %s", trace_file.c_str());
 }
 
-EventTraceMgr::~EventTraceMgr() {
+void EventTraceMgr::Generate() {
     if ( events.empty() )
         return;
 
diff --git a/src/EventTrace.h b/src/EventTrace.h
index a9f7e28353..710f2680b7 100644
--- a/src/EventTrace.h
+++ b/src/EventTrace.h
@@ -440,7 +440,9 @@ private:
 class EventTraceMgr {
 public:
     EventTraceMgr(const std::string& trace_file);
-    ~EventTraceMgr();
+
+    // Generates the trace upon exit.
+    void Generate();
 
     // Called at the beginning of invoking an event's handlers.
     void StartEvent(const ScriptFunc* ev, const zeek::Args* args);
diff --git a/src/zeek-setup.cc b/src/zeek-setup.cc
index 429111e572..f2a9989267 100644
--- a/src/zeek-setup.cc
+++ b/src/zeek-setup.cc
@@ -399,6 +399,9 @@ static void terminate_zeek() {
 
     script_coverage_mgr.WriteStats();
 
+    if ( etm )
+        etm->Generate();
+
     delete zeekygen_mgr;
     delete packet_mgr;
     delete analyzer_mgr;