linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tracer for sys_open()

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Message-ID: <20090205071444.390c19bc@infradead.org>
Date:	Thu, 5 Feb 2009 07:14:44 -0800
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Bill Nottingham <notting@...hat.com>
Cc:	Harald Hoyer <harald@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	power@...host.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tracer for sys_open() - sreadahead

On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 10:07:05 -0500
Bill Nottingham <notting@...hat.com> wrote:

> Harald Hoyer (harald@...hat.com) said: 
> > Can strace can be used on init?
> >
> > $ man strace
> > ...
> >        On Linux, exciting as it would be, tracing the init process
> > is forbidden. ...
> >
> > Any hope getting _any_ mechanism in the kernel??
> 
> The man page probably needs fixed - this works as of a few kernel
> releases ago.
> 

you can strace init but you can't strace X
(at least... last I tried it locked my box ;0)


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