I'm looking at Linux performance tools and checking to see if there's a dtrace-shaped hole. It might be fun to try running our linux app on Solaris using BrandZ (their linux compatiblity environment). Or, perhaps the code fairy will grant us a wish and port it to Linux. (Someone's trying; see http://lwn.net/Articles/298685/ http://www.crisp.demon.co.uk/blog/ )
I don't know how he's going about the kernel part. Presumably he's rewriting that from scratch. AFAIK, the license conflict between the original dtrace code and linux only affects kernel code, and the dtrace userspace code can be used under its current license. - Dan On Jan 12, 5:25 pm, Amanda Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > I expect dtrace to be downright crucial once we get to performance > measurement and improvement, especially in an execution environment > that involves communication among multiple processes. Apple ships > both dtrace and a nice graphical frontend to it called "Instruments" > as a part of the Xcode development environment. > > Is there a specific aspect you're interested in? > > --Amanda > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Dan Kegel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey mac chrome developers, > > how useful is / will dtrace be for chrome development on macosx? > > (Beyond things like dtruss, I mean.) > > Is it going to be important for tracking down performance > > issues? > > Thanks, > > Dan > > -- > --Amanda --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
