[elrepo-devel] [suggest] dtrace and systemtap package?

[Amos Shapira]

2009/9/28 Dag Wieers <dag at wieers.com>:
> Well, dtrace requires a loadable kernel module (maybe something for ELRepo,
> I don't know) and some tools. Without the kernel module, the tools have no
> use so we first have to see whether there is an interest to put this in
> ELRepo.
>
> It is clear that the recommended (and supported) way of tracing your kernel
> is systemtap. So my personal opinion is that it may not be worth all the
> trouble given that we may not be able to provide a working dtrace in the
> future.
>
> If there are compelling reasons that dtrace is very important for certain
> things, let them be known :-)

Sorry, no compelling reason except that I'm looking for ways to
improve our visibility to our systems' performance (together with the
software developers, most of the software we have on our servers is
home-grown) and hearing a lot about how dtrace is simpler and better
than systemtap.

Probably not enough to waste your time. I'll try to get it compiled by
myself. Will try to report here if we create an rpm for it.

Thanks,

--Amos