Linux Kernel Tracing
- Category
- Operating systems and internals
- Docs outline
- 10 sections
Official docs outline
docs.kernel.org- Tracing index
Index of kernel tracing documentation.
- ftrace
Function and function_graph tracers via tracefs.
- Event tracing
Tracepoint events, filters and triggers.
- Kprobes
Dynamic kernel probes and kretprobes.
- Uprobe tracer
User-space dynamic probes defined through uprobe_events in tracefs.
- Kprobe-based events
Defining probes through tracefs kprobe_events.
- Histogram triggers
Event histogram triggers with keys, values and sort order for in-kernel aggregation.
- Boot-time tracing
Configuring tracing from bootconfig.
- Hardware PMUs
Performance monitoring unit drivers.
- Perf security
perf_event_paranoid and privilege model.
Each section links to the official page. Titles and summaries by Extra Credit; the docs belong to their authors.