Hello! Today we’re going to talk about a debugging tool we haven’t talked about much before on this blog: ftrace. What could be more exciting than a new debugging tool?!
Better yet, ftrace isn’t new! It’s been around since Linux kernel 2.6, or about 2008. here’s the earliest documentation I found with some quick Gooogling. So you might be able to use it even if you’re debugging an older system!
I’ve known that ftrace exists for about 2.5 years now, but hadn’t gotten around to really learning it yet. I’m supposed to run a workshop tomorrow where I talk about ftrace, so today is the day we talk about it!
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