================================ Linux Tracing Technologies Guide

Tracing in the Linux kernel is a powerful mechanism that allows developers and system administrators to analyze and debug system behavior. This guide provides documentation on various tracing frameworks and tools available in the Linux kernel.

Introduction to Tracing

This section provides an overview of Linux tracing mechanisms and debugging approaches.

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debugging tracepoints tracepoint-analysis ring-buffer-map

Core Tracing Frameworks

The following are the primary tracing frameworks integrated into the Linux kernel.

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ftrace ftrace-design ftrace-uses kprobes kprobetrace fprobetrace fprobe ring-buffer-design

Event Tracing and Analysis

A detailed explanation of event tracing mechanisms and their applications.

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events events-kmem events-power events-nmi events-msr events-pci boottime-trace histogram histogram-design

Hardware and Performance Tracing

This section covers tracing features that monitor hardware interactions and system performance.

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intel_th stm sys-t coresight/index rv/index hisi-ptt mmiotrace hwlat_detector osnoise-tracer timerlat-tracer

User-Space Tracing

These tools allow tracing user-space applications and interactions.

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user_events uprobetracer

Additional Resources

For more details, refer to the respective documentation of each tracing tool and framework.

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Indices

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