# Linux Kernel Module Cheat

### 17.13. Linux kernel tracing

Good overviews:

- http://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2015-07-08/choosing-a-linux-tracer.html by Brendan Greg, AKA the master of tracing. Also: https://github.com/brendangregg/perf-tools

- https://jvns.ca/blog/2017/07/05/linux-tracing-systems/

I hope to have examples of all methods some day, since I’m obsessed with visibility.

- CONFIG_PROC_EVENTS

- ftrace

- Kprobes

- Count boot instructions