Dtrace and containers ported to Linux

D. Hugh Redelmeier hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Thu Jul 26 11:45:47 UTC 2012


| From: Anthony de Boer <adb-SACILpcuo74 at public.gmane.org>

| William Muriithi wrote:

| > DTrace: DTrace is a comprehensive dynamic tracing framework that was
| > initially developed for the Oracle Solaris operating system; it is
| > being ported to Linux by Oracle. ...
| 
| And are they releasing source?  Last I heard that was a complicated
| issue.

Good question.  They pretty much have to release the kernel part.
Unless it is packaged as modules, in which case they'll get an
argument (some think modules are derived works, some assume not).
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