Tracing the flow of execution in the kernel , executed on-behalf of a process !

Tracing the flow of execution in the kernel , executed on-behalf of a process !

[Anticipating a Reply]

Hi ,

  Is there a way by which we can trace the flow of 
execution of a process , when it is executing the 
kernel code path ?

  Any tool which does this would help understand 
which all functions / code path is taken in the kernel
when a particular program executes .

  strace provides just the system call invocation ,
but I would like to know what happens within the 
kernel when the system call executes .

  Kindly reply directly to me as I'am not subscribed
 to the list .

Cheers !   



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Re: Tracing the flow of execution in the kernel , executed on-behalf of a process !

[Karim Yaghmour]

Anticipating a Reply wrote:
>   strace provides just the system call invocation ,
> but I would like to know what happens within the 
> kernel when the system call executes .

Have a look at LTT:
http://www.opersys.com/ltt/

Karim
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