ktap Changelog

What's new in ktap 0.4

Dec 10, 2013
  • Support tracepoints, k(ret)probe, u(ret)probe, timer, function tracing, sdt, etc.
  • Support x86, x86-64, powerpc, arm.
  • Support kernel 3.1 and newer versions, include Linux mainline.
  • Support FFI (call kernel function from script)

New in ktap 0.3 (Oct 29, 2013)

  • simple new tracing block syntax:
  • trace EVENTDEF { action }
  • trace_end { action }
  • New event tracing keywords: argevent, argname, arg1..arg9:
  • trace "syscalls:*" function () {
  • print(argevent)
  • New timer block syntax:
  • tick-N { action }
  • profile-N { action }
  • Basic aggregation support:
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