Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:58:06 +0100 | From | paul <> | Subject | Re: dtrace for linux |
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> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:17 AM, <fox@crisp.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > > I would like to announce that I am working on dtrace for Linux. > > I have the userland dtrace binary compiled, along with the first > > pre-pre-alpha dtracedrv.ko module loaded into my kernel. > > This is great news. How will this dtrace implementation differ from > SystemTap (http://sourceware.org/systemtap/) ? > > Bart. > >
Hello Bart,
I dont know systemtap all that well, other than what i have read on the net and browsed in the source. systemtap is similar, but dtrace provides a high level functional language (D) and a set of methodologies and scripts which mean learning/training will make it easier to use.
In addition, dtrace promises to be kernel safe (whether or not it is will be down to how good a job I do I guess!)
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