From: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@comcast.net>
To: Robert Milkowski <milek@rudy.mif.pg.gda.pl>
Cc: Jean-Eric Cuendet <jec@rptec.ch>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, zanussi@us.ibm.com
Subject: Re: Sun DTrace equivalent for Linux?
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 11:47:56 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4138A03C.3030502@comcast.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.60L.0409031643150.6546@rudy.mif.pg.gda.pl>
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
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-03 16:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-03 12:59 Sun DTrace equivalent for Linux? Jean-Eric Cuendet
2004-09-03 15:18 ` Robert Milkowski
2004-09-03 16:47 ` Tom Zanussi [this message]
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