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Linux Foundation

Linux Tracing Techniques

Linux Foundation via YouTube

Overview

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An introduction to Linux tracing foundations and tools, with demonstrations of strace and ftrace, including system-call tracing, events, function tracers, and filters.

Syllabus

Intro
Agenda
What is tracing
System calls
Understanding strace
Simple example: strace at command line
Tracing child process
Filtering the strace by category
Obtaining system call summary
How does Ftrace works
Ftrace - what can be traced
Enabling events
Event formats
Events calling
Function tracer
Function graph tracer
Setting filters
Tracers vs Events

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