| ================================ |
| Linux Tracing Technologies Guide |
| ================================ |
| |
| Tracing in the Linux kernel is a powerful mechanism that allows |
| developers and system administrators to analyze and debug system |
| behavior. This guide provides documentation on various tracing |
| frameworks and tools available in the Linux kernel. |
| |
| Introduction to Tracing |
| ----------------------- |
| |
| This section provides an overview of Linux tracing mechanisms |
| and debugging approaches. |
| |
| .. toctree:: |
| :maxdepth: 1 |
| |
| debugging |
| tracepoints |
| tracepoint-analysis |
| ring-buffer-map |
| |
| Core Tracing Frameworks |
| ----------------------- |
| |
| The following are the primary tracing frameworks integrated into |
| the Linux kernel. |
| |
| .. toctree:: |
| :maxdepth: 1 |
| |
| ftrace |
| ftrace-design |
| ftrace-uses |
| kprobes |
| kprobetrace |
| fprobetrace |
| eprobetrace |
| fprobe |
| ring-buffer-design |
| |
| Event Tracing and Analysis |
| -------------------------- |
| |
| A detailed explanation of event tracing mechanisms and their |
| applications. |
| |
| .. toctree:: |
| :maxdepth: 1 |
| |
| events |
| events-kmem |
| events-power |
| events-nmi |
| events-msr |
| boottime-trace |
| histogram |
| histogram-design |
| |
| Hardware and Performance Tracing |
| -------------------------------- |
| |
| This section covers tracing features that monitor hardware |
| interactions and system performance. |
| |
| .. toctree:: |
| :maxdepth: 1 |
| |
| intel_th |
| stm |
| sys-t |
| coresight/index |
| rv/index |
| hisi-ptt |
| mmiotrace |
| hwlat_detector |
| osnoise-tracer |
| timerlat-tracer |
| |
| User-Space Tracing |
| ------------------ |
| |
| These tools allow tracing user-space applications and |
| interactions. |
| |
| .. toctree:: |
| :maxdepth: 1 |
| |
| user_events |
| uprobetracer |
| |
| Additional Resources |
| -------------------- |
| |
| For more details, refer to the respective documentation of each |
| tracing tool and framework. |
| |
| .. only:: subproject and html |
| |
| Indices |
| ======= |
| |
| * :ref:`genindex` |
