Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] kmemtrace: Core implementation. | From | (Frank Ch. Eigler) | Date | Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:28:16 -0400 |
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Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@linux360.ro> writes:
> kmemtrace provides tracing for slab allocator functions, such as kmalloc, > kfree, kmem_cache_alloc, kmem_cache_free etc.. Collected data is then fed > to the userspace application in order to analyse allocation hotspots, > internal fragmentation and so on, making it possible to see how well an > allocator performs, as well as debug and profile kernel code. > [...]
It may make sense to mention in addition that this version of kmemtrace uses markers as the low-level hook mechanism, and this makes the data generated directly accessible to other tracing tools such as systemtap. Thank you!
- FChE
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