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Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:58:06 +0100 From: paul <fox@...sp.demon.co.uk> To: bart.vanassche@...il.com Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: dtrace for linux > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:17 AM, <fox@...sp.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > > I would like to announce that I am working on dtrace for Linux. > > I have the userland dtrace binary compiled, along with the first > > pre-pre-alpha dtracedrv.ko module loaded into my kernel. > > This is great news. How will this dtrace implementation differ from > SystemTap (http://sourceware.org/systemtap/) ? > > Bart. > > Hello Bart, I dont know systemtap all that well, other than what i have read on the net and browsed in the source. systemtap is similar, but dtrace provides a high level functional language (D) and a set of methodologies and scripts which mean learning/training will make it easier to use. In addition, dtrace promises to be kernel safe (whether or not it is will be down to how good a job I do I guess!) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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