Kernel Tracing with ftrace & trace-cmd

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[Verse 1]
Deep beneath the userland surface lies a treasure
Hidden tracers in the kernel, tracking every measure
Function calls cascade through layers, breadcrumbs in the code
ftrace waits inside proc-slash-sys, ready to decode

[Chorus]
Trace cmd captures, filters, and displays
Function graph reveals the call maze
Set your tracer, mount debugfs first
Ring buffer holds what kernels rehearse
Echo function into current-tracer
Watch the magic unfold, behavior unblurred

[Verse 2]
Debugfs mounted, twenty-eight gigs of tracing power
Available tracers listed, choose your finest hour
Function tracer shows the entries, graph shows call and return
Indent levels paint the picture, watch the stack frames churn

[Chorus]
Trace cmd captures, filters, and displays
Function graph reveals the call maze
Set your tracer, mount debugfs first
Ring buffer holds what kernels rehearse
Echo function into current-tracer
Watch the magic unfold, behavior unblurred

[Bridge]
Set func filter narrows focus, glob patterns work their charm
Tracing on enables capture, buffer size prevents alarm
Events from twenty subsystems, scheduler, memory, disk
Trace cmd record saves sessions, trace cmd report can sift

[Verse 3]
Kprobes pierce any function, dynamic probes on demand
Uprobes reach userspace targets, crossing kernel borderland
Trace markers leave breadcrumbs, custom events you define
Performance counters correlate, timestamp every line

[Chorus]
Trace cmd captures, filters, and displays
Function graph reveals the call maze
Set your tracer, mount debugfs first
Ring buffer holds what kernels rehearse
Echo function into current-tracer
Watch the magic unfold, behavior unblurred

[Outro]
From boot trace to latency hunting
Kernel secrets stop their shunting
Ftrace reveals the hidden dance
Giving systems engineers their chance

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