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diff --git a/poky/documentation/profile-manual/profile-manual-arch.xml b/poky/documentation/profile-manual/profile-manual-arch.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..19d115522 --- /dev/null +++ b/poky/documentation/profile-manual/profile-manual-arch.xml @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" +"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" +[<!ENTITY % poky SYSTEM "../poky.ent"> %poky; ] > + +<chapter id='profile-manual-arch'> + +<title>Overall Architecture of the Linux Tracing and Profiling Tools</title> + +<section id='architecture-of-the-tracing-and-profiling-tools'> + <title>Architecture of the Tracing and Profiling Tools</title> + + <para> + It may seem surprising to see a section covering an 'overall architecture' + for what seems to be a random collection of tracing tools that together + make up the Linux tracing and profiling space. + The fact is, however, that in recent years this seemingly disparate + set of tools has started to converge on a 'core' set of underlying + mechanisms: + </para> + + <para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem>static tracepoints</listitem> + <listitem>dynamic tracepoints + <itemizedlist> + <listitem>kprobes</listitem> + <listitem>uprobes</listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + <listitem>the perf_events subsystem</listitem> + <listitem>debugfs</listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + + <informalexample> + <emphasis>Tying it Together:</emphasis> Rather than enumerating here how each tool makes use of + these common mechanisms, textboxes like this will make note of the + specific usages in each tool as they come up in the course + of the text. + </informalexample> +</section> +</chapter> +<!-- +vim: expandtab tw=80 ts=4 +--> |