Speaker
Alan Maguire
(Oracle)
Description
Sometimes using tracing - instead of traditional kernel debuggers - to investigate kernel issues can be necessary. Some problems such as races are inherently time-sensitive, so minimally invasive tracing is ideal in such cases. However, it is also true that debuggers have capabilities that BPF-based tracing does not (or has recently acquired) - printing data structures, tracking local variable values, inline function visibility, etc. In fact looking at gdb capabilities is a great way to explore some possibilities for future tracing functionality. Here we explore some of the possibilities, the potential cost-benefit, and seek feedback and discussion with the community on the potential value of the approaches explored.
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Primary author
Alan Maguire
(Oracle)
