Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 5 Feb 2009 07:14:44 -0800 | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] tracer for sys_open() - sreadahead |
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On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 10:07:05 -0500 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> wrote:
> Harald Hoyer (harald@redhat.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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