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3 ⁠</a>Chapter 1. Introduction</h1></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="section"><a href="introduction.html#goals">1.1. Documentation Goals</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="intro-systemtap-vs-others.html">1.2. SystemTap Capabilities</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="intro-systemtap-limitations.html">1.3. Limitations of SystemTap</a></span></dt></dl></div><a id="idm47650143512080" class="indexterm"></a><a id="idm47650151535056" class="indexterm"></a><div class="para"> 3 ⁠</a>Chapter 1. Introduction</h1></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="section"><a href="introduction.html#goals">1.1. Documentation Goals</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="intro-systemtap-vs-others.html">1.2. SystemTap Capabilities</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="intro-systemtap-limitations.html">1.3. Limitations of SystemTap</a></span></dt></dl></div><a id="idm47748181717024" class="indexterm"></a><a id="idm47748229660336" class="indexterm"></a><div class="para">
4 SystemTap is a tracing and probing tool that allows users to study and monitor the activities of the computer system (particularly, the kernel) in fine detail. It provides information similar to the output of tools like <code class="command">netstat</code>, <code class="command">ps</code>, <code class="command">top</code>, and <code class="command">iostat</code>, but is designed to provide more filtering and analysis options for collected information. 4 SystemTap is a tracing and probing tool that allows users to study and monitor the activities of the computer system (particularly, the kernel) in fine detail. It provides information similar to the output of tools like <code class="command">netstat</code>, <code class="command">ps</code>, <code class="command">top</code>, and <code class="command">iostat</code>, but is designed to provide more filtering and analysis options for collected information.
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6 ⁠</a>1.1. Documentation Goals</h2></div></div></div><a id="idm47650148050896" class="indexterm"></a><a id="idm47650192212032" class="indexterm"></a><a id="idm47650198747760" class="indexterm"></a><a id="idm47650192619040" class="indexterm"></a><div class="para"> 6 ⁠</a>1.1. Documentation Goals</h2></div></div></div><a id="idm47748222726592" class="indexterm"></a><a id="idm47748222714624" class="indexterm"></a><a id="idm47748181604288" class="indexterm"></a><a id="idm47748178227904" class="indexterm"></a><div class="para">
7 SystemTap provides the infrastructure to monitor the running Linux kernel for detailed analysis. This can assist administrators and developers in identifying the underlying cause of a bug or performance problem. 7 SystemTap provides the infrastructure to monitor the running Linux kernel for detailed analysis. This can assist administrators and developers in identifying the underlying cause of a bug or performance problem.
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9 Without SystemTap, monitoring the activity of a running kernel would require a tedious instrument, recompile, install, and reboot sequence. SystemTap is designed to eliminate this and allows users to gather the same information by running user-written SystemTap scripts. 9 Without SystemTap, monitoring the activity of a running kernel would require a tedious instrument, recompile, install, and reboot sequence. SystemTap is designed to eliminate this and allows users to gather the same information by running user-written SystemTap scripts.