Documentation/trace/index.rst
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.
This section provides an overview of Linux tracing mechanisms and debugging approaches.
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debugging tracepoints tracepoint-analysis ring-buffer-map
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
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
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
These tools allow tracing user-space applications and interactions.
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user_events uprobetracer
For more details, refer to the respective documentation of each tracing tool and framework.
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