Chapter 6. References
This chapter enumerates other references for more information about SystemTap. It is advisable that you refer to these sources in the course of writing advanced probes and tapsets.
- SystemTap Wiki
- The SystemTap Wiki is a collection of links and articles related to the deployment, usage, and development of SystemTap. You can find it at http://sourceware.org/systemtap/wiki/HomePage.
- SystemTap Tutorial
- Much of the content in this book comes from the SystemTap Tutorial. The SystemTap Tutorial is a more appropriate reference for users with intermediate to advanced knowledge of C++ and kernel development, and can be found at http://sourceware.org/systemtap/tutorial/.
- man stapprobes
- The
stapprobesman page enumerates a variety of probe points supported by SystemTap, along with additional aliases defined by the SystemTap tapset library. The bottom of the man page includes a list of other man pages enumerating similar probe points for specific system components, such asstapprobes.scsi,stapprobes.kprocess,stapprobes.signaland so on. - man stapfuncs
- The
stapfuncsman page enumerates numerous functions supported by the SystemTap tapset library, along with the prescribed syntax for each one. Note, however, that this is not a complete list of all supported functions; there are more undocumented functions available. - SystemTap Language Reference
- This document is a comprehensive reference of SystemTap's language constructs and syntax. It is recommended for users with a rudimentary to intermediate knowledge of C++ and other similar programming languages. The SystemTap Language Reference is available to all users at http://sourceware.org/systemtap/langref/
- Tapset Developers Guide
- Once you have sufficient proficiency in writing SystemTap scripts, you can then try your hand out on writing your own tapsets. The Tapset Developers Guide describes how to add functions to your tapset library.
- Test Suite
- The
systemtap-testsuitepackage allows you to test the entire SystemTap toolchain without having to build from source. In addition, it also contains numerous examples of SystemTap scripts you can study and test; some of these scripts are also documented in Chapter 4, Useful SystemTap Scripts.By default, the example scripts included insystemtap-testsuiteare located in/usr/share/systemtap/testsuite/systemtap.examples.
