Tracing the Linux kernel with ftrace
Tracing is a useful technique to find bugs in software, and ftrace is the tracing framework built into the Linux kernel.
But before we start talking about ftrace, let’s define what tracing is…
Tracing is a useful technique to find bugs in software, and ftrace is the tracing framework built into the Linux kernel.
But before we start talking about ftrace, let’s define what tracing is…