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DTrace is a comprehensive dynamic tracing framework for the Solaris Operating Environment, Mac OS X 10.

Equivalent of strace -feopen < command > on mac os X

This is useful for debugging (hence programming related). On linux, we can use the command strace -feopen python myfile.py …

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DTrace missing Java frames with ustack(). Running on Joyent SmartOS infrastructure container

I cannot get any Java stack with dtrace in a Joyent SmartOS instance. I tried the java:15.1.1 image and a …

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What's an alternative for DTrace on Linux?

From what I can see, a DTrace implementation on Linux is held up by licensing and politics. What are the …

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Is there a workaround for: "dtrace cannot control executables signed with restricted entitlements"?

It looks like in OS X 10.11 El Capitan, dtruss and dtrace can no longer do what they're meant to do. …

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Diagnosing high CPU usage on Docker for Mac

How do I diagnose the cause of Docker on MacOS, specifically com.docker.hyperkit using 100% of CPU? Docker stats Docker …

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How can I get dtrace to run the traced command with non-root priviledges?

OS X lacks linux's strace, but it has dtrace which is supposed to be so much better. However, I miss …

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DTrace on Ubuntu, how-to?

I'd like to use DTrace on Ubuntu. https://github.com/dtrace4linux/linux There is one for Linux above, the …

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ltrace equivalent for osx?

osx has the really powerful dtrace/ktrace/dtruss tools - however i'm not willing to invest the time necessary to …

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How to measure mutex contention?

I have some threaded code using PThreads on Linux that, I suspect, is suffering from excessive lock contention. What tools …

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iosnoop, iotop, opensnoop, execsnoop, opensnoop, dtruss and other dtrace based commands don't work on osx El capitan, macOS Sierra

While running iosnoop command on OSX 10.11.1 I get an error with the following text: dtrace: invalid probe specifier /* * Command line …

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