Re: Sun DTrace equivalent for Linux?

[Tom Zanussi]

Robert Milkowski wrote:

> On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Jean-Eric Cuendet wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I read an article on DTrace on Solaris. It seems wonderful. Is it 
> > overrated by Sun or really an excellent tool?
>
>
> It's really wonderful tool.
> The more you use it the more addicted to it you are :)
>
> > Is there an equivalent tool for Linux?
>
>
> Equivalent - no.
>
> Something much more simple - yes (LTT, DProbes, ...)

Though it was meant mainly to address the specific topic of that thread, 
I recently posted a simple add-on to the LTT user tools that shows what 
can be done with the existing Linux stuff e.g. LTT and kprobes:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=109405724500237&w=2

It basically makes LTT more amenable to the type of ad-hoc 
experimentation people seem to like about DTrace.

Tom
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