Release of the SystemTap 5.0 dynamic debugging system
The release of the SystemTap 5.0 dynamic tracing system has been published, providing debugging tools for the Linux platform similar to DTrace technology. SystemTap allows for thorough monitoring of the running Linux system, collecting statistics on application performance, profiling, and monitoring system calls. Management is done through a command-line interface and a special C-like scripting language. The system is compatible with Linux kernels starting from version […]
