================================ 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 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`