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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Subject: Re: newbie question: tracing userspace call/return sequences
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 10:49:35 -0800
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Christian Convey <christian.convey@gmail.com> writes:
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> Any suggestions for a good/better way to pull this off?

Use the right tool for the job.

On Intel, use a Broadwell or Skylake or Goldmont and use processor trace.

perf record -e intel_pt//u foo
perf script --itrace=cr

-Andi