实验环境：Oracle Rac 11.2.0.3
首先获取v$latch的定义：
通过PL/SQL或者get ddl等常规途径只能获取到v_$latch相关的视图信息。
需要通过特殊方法获取v$latch的ddl
可以通过set autotrace traceonly开启状态下执行select * from v$latch;得知表的数据来源是x$kslltr，结果如下：
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| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time |
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| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 1 | 352 | 0 (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 1 | FIXED TABLE FULL| X$KSLLTR | 1 | 352 | 0 (0)| 00:00:01 |
通过sql_trace的方式因为版本问题，trace的输出结构略有不同，在11.2.0.4.5中可以获取的ddl，但是在我的实验环境中无法获取，方法如下
alter session set sql_trace=true;
select * from v$latch;
alter session set sql_trace=false;
select * from v$diag_info where name='Default Trace File';
tkprof xxxx.trc
通过10053trace的方式获取到v$latch的具体底层数据来源，方法如下
alter session set events '10053 trace name context forever,level 1';
select * from v$latch;
alter session set events '10053 trace name context off';
select * from v$diag_info where name='Default Trace File';
vim /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/irac/IRAC1/trace/IRAC1_ora_16791.trc
注意！请不要使用sys用户做10053 trace，你是得不到结果的。
得到如下结果，从输出可以看出，最终转换的sql语句如下；
Final query after transformations:******* UNPARSED QUERY IS *******
SELECT "LT"."KSLLTADDR" "ADDR","LT"."KSLLTNUM" "LATCH#","LT"."KSLLTLVL" "LEVEL#","LT"."KSLLTNAM" "NAME","LT"."KSLLTHSH" "HASH","LT"."KSLLTWGT" "GETS","LT"."KSLLTWFF" "MISSES","LT"."KSLLTWSL" "SLEEPS","LT"."KSLLTNGT" "IMMEDIATE_GETS","LT"."KSLLTNFA" "IMMEDIATE_MISSES","LT"."KSLLTWKC" "WAITERS_WOKEN","LT"."KSLLTWTH" "WAITS_HOLDING_LATCH","LT"."KSLLTHST0" "SPIN_GETS","LT"."KSLLTHST1" "SLEEP1","LT"."KSLLTHST2" "SLEEP2","LT"."KSLLTHST3" "SLEEP3","LT"."KSLLTHST4" "SLEEP4","LT"."KSLLTHST5" "SLEEP5","LT"."KSLLTHST6" "SLEEP6","LT"."KSLLTHST7" "SLEEP7","LT"."KSLLTHST8" "SLEEP8","LT"."KSLLTHST9" "SLEEP9","LT"."KSLLTHST10" "SLEEP10","LT"."KSLLTHST11" "SLEEP11","LT"."KSLLTWTT" "WAIT_TIME" FROM SYS."X$KSLLTR" "LT" WHERE "LT"."INST_ID"=USERENV('INSTANCE')
kkoqbc: optimizing query block SEL$88122447 (#0)
从而得到v$latch的底层数据来源。
当然，如果每次想看到官方文档中没有记载的视图就去做一个10053trace，实在麻烦，可以使用如下方式，简单方便的查询到视图的数据源：
SQL> SELECT * FROM v$fixed_view_definition WHERE view_name = 'V$LATCH';
VIEW_NAME
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VIEW_DEFINITION
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V$LATCH
select addr,latch#,level#,name,hash,gets,misses,sleeps,immediate_gets, immediate
_misses,waiters_woken,waits_holding_latch,spin_gets, sleep1,sleep2,sleep3,sleep4
,sleep5,sleep6,sleep7,sleep8,sleep9, sleep10,sleep11,wait_time from gv$latch whe
re inst_id = USERENV('Instance')
SQL> SELECT * FROM v$fixed_view_definition WHERE view_name = 'GV$LATCH';
VIEW_NAME
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VIEW_DEFINITION
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GV$LATCH
select lt.inst_id,lt.kslltaddr,lt.kslltnum,lt.kslltlvl,lt.kslltnam, lt.ks
llthsh,lt.kslltwgt,lt.kslltwff, lt.kslltwsl,lt.kslltngt,lt.kslltnfa,lt.ks
lltwkc, lt.kslltwth,lt.ksllthst0,lt.ksllthst1,lt.ksllthst2, lt.ksl
lthst3,lt.ksllthst4,lt.ksllthst5,lt.ksllthst6,lt.ksllthst7, lt.ksllthst8,
lt.ksllthst9,lt.ksllthst10, lt.ksllthst11, lt.kslltwtt from x$kslltr lt
SQL>
功夫不负有心人，经过不懈的努力终于得到了v$latch是如何产生的，那么这个视图究竟有什么用处呢，以后的博客会分享。