Hi Rob...

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Robert P. J. Day [off-list ref] wrote:

  along those lines, i'm just digging into ftrace and was wondering if
it in any way obsoleted systemtap, but i've heard from more than one
source that while ftrace is allegedly more powerful, systemtap still
has its place and is worth talking about.

since systemtap is still included in Redhat Enterprise Linux, I could
firmly say SystemTap is still highly relevant these days. So is
kdump/kexec.

  so ... if one was going to put together a (small) toolbox of kernel
debugging tools, what's worth covering?  interested in any feedback.

IMHO, the most important part is the art of understanding oops message
and its related stack trace.

Or worst, what if the system just hangs....divide and conquer things
like disabling acpi, sysrq, might be the skills we need here.

Not sure if you agree with me here, but I just deliver my ideas.



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