See what your computer is doing with Ftrace utilities
Steven Rostedt
https://2019.linux.conf.au/schedule/presentation/130/
Ftrace is the official tracer of the Linux kernel. It allows you to see what is happening in the black box that the applications sit on. Ftrace is a very powerful tool, but like all tools, it is useless if you don't know how to use it, or even know its full potential. This tutorial will teach you how to use Ftrace from the command line (all major distributions have Ftrace enabled), as well as how to use trace-cmd and finally, if time allows, the new KernelShark. trace-cmd and KernelShark can be easily downloaded from Steven's git repository on kernel.org (best to get the latest even though your distribution may have an older version available). Steven will first walk you through some of the main commands to display how Ftrace can show you how your applications are being scheduled in, how many page faults they are taking, and even see what other applications may be interfering with your main application. Some of these can be used to see if there's any rouge applications running on your system. Then Steven will walk you through how to use trace-cmd as it allows you to have even more flexibility with its post processing analysis. Finally, an introduction to the new KernelShark, which shows a graphic display of the data that you have retrieved.
In order to get the most from this tutorial, it is recommend that you:
1) Have a laptop running a recent Linux distribution (Running in a VM will work too)
2) Download and install the most recent trace-cmd and KernelShark
$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.git
$ cd trace-cmd
$ make
$ less kernel-shark-qt/README # to make sure you have all the dependencies
$ make gui
$ make doc
$ sudo make install
$ sudo make install_gui
$ sudo make install_doc
3) It will be helpful if you download the source code of the kernel that is running on your laptop
4) Having the debug info of that kernel can also be useful
Note, 3 and 4 above are helpful but not required.
linux.conf.au is a conference about the Linux operating system, and all aspects of the thriving ecosystem of Free and Open Source Software that has grown up around it. Run since 1999, in a different Australian or New Zealand city each year, by a team of local volunteers, LCA invites more than 500 people to learn from the people who shape the future of Open Source. For more information on the conference see https://linux.conf.au/
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https://2019.linux.conf.au/schedule/presentation/130/
Ftrace is the official tracer of the Linux kernel. It allows you to see what is happening in the black box that the applications sit on. Ftrace is a very powerful tool, but like all tools, it is useless if you don't know how to use it, or even know its full potential. This tutorial will teach you how to use Ftrace from the command line (all major distributions have Ftrace enabled), as well as how to use trace-cmd and finally, if time allows, the new KernelShark. trace-cmd and KernelShark can be easily downloaded from Steven's git repository on kernel.org (best to get the latest even though your distribution may have an older version available). Steven will first walk you through some of the main commands to display how Ftrace can show you how your applications are being scheduled in, how many page faults they are taking, and even see what other applications may be interfering with your main application. Some of these can be used to see if there's any rouge applications running on your system. Then Steven will walk you through how to use trace-cmd as it allows you to have even more flexibility with its post processing analysis. Finally, an introduction to the new KernelShark, which shows a graphic display of the data that you have retrieved.
In order to get the most from this tutorial, it is recommend that you:
1) Have a laptop running a recent Linux distribution (Running in a VM will work too)
2) Download and install the most recent trace-cmd and KernelShark
$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.git
$ cd trace-cmd
$ make
$ less kernel-shark-qt/README # to make sure you have all the dependencies
$ make gui
$ make doc
$ sudo make install
$ sudo make install_gui
$ sudo make install_doc
3) It will be helpful if you download the source code of the kernel that is running on your laptop
4) Having the debug info of that kernel can also be useful
Note, 3 and 4 above are helpful but not required.
linux.conf.au is a conference about the Linux operating system, and all aspects of the thriving ecosystem of Free and Open Source Software that has grown up around it. Run since 1999, in a different Australian or New Zealand city each year, by a team of local volunteers, LCA invites more than 500 people to learn from the people who shape the future of Open Source. For more information on the conference see https://linux.conf.au/
#linux.conf.au #linux #foss #opensource
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