Re:Give me 15 minutes and I'll change your view of Linux tra...
by Sacho on Friday September 29, 2017 @12:09AM
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I think lttng has kernel tracing. I don't know why the fragmentation you describe is "bad", though; it really depends on the tools themselves.
If there's just a variety of tools for the same task, then that's healthy competition and how you get better software.
If no single tool can fulfill all your tracing needs, that's still not necessarily a condemnation of the tools. It's entirely possible that each tool can complete a subset of tasks, but is significantly simpler to use as a result, so SUM(effort to learn tools you need) may still be comparable to the effort of a theoretical omni-tool.
If there's just a variety of tools for the same task, then that's healthy competition and how you get better software.
If no single tool can fulfill all your tracing needs, that's still not necessarily a condemnation of the tools. It's entirely possible that each tool can complete a subset of tasks, but is significantly simpler to use as a result, so SUM(effort to learn tools you need) may still be comparable to the effort of a theoretical omni-tool.