Este curso se trata de uno de los más interesantes para desarrolladores de aplicaciones. Se muestran conceptos clave para la depuración y diagnóstico de aplicaciones y la determinación de los problemas clave en una aplicación:

Course Code: SI-328-S10
Course Title: DTrace for Developers
Revision: A
Duration: Two (2) Days

Course Description
he DTrace for Developers course provides students with the ability to diagnose application and kernel problems.  The course teaches largely by example.  Various case studies are covered.  Lab work is used both to allow students to practice the techniques learned in the course material, and to expand on some of the topics.

Target Audience
Students who can benefit from this course are experienced application
and kernel developers and service support personnel.

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Skills Gained

• Learn how to use DTrace to determine the root cause of problems in application software, as well as the kernel.
• Learn how to add new probes to application and kernel modules.
• Learn how to use DTrace to troubleshoot problems, both with source code, and without access to source code.
• Learn general techniques for debugging, and how to apply the techniques using DTrace.
• Learn general techniques for debugging, and how to apply the techniques using DTrace.

Prerequisite
To succeed fully in this course, students should be proficient in C or C++, and have a general understanding of debugging.

Related courses
Before:
SA-327-S10: Troubleshooting to Improve Performance Using DTrace for Sys Admins

After:
SI-365-S10: Solaris 10 Operating System Internals

Course Outline
Module 1 – DTrace Overview

• Types of problems
• Logic errors, i.e., incorrect results
• Crashes (segmentation violations, kernel crashes, etc.)
• Hangs
• Performance Issues
• Introduction to DTrace facilities
• How DTrace works
• When to use DTrace
• Scripting with DTrace
• Example DTrace scripts and one-liners

Module 2 – Using DTrace

• The pid Provider
• plockstat
• Examining specific libraries
• Case Studies – Various examples showing use of DTrace to drill-down to find the source of problems.

Module 3 – Using DTrace for Kernel Software

• Examining problems in device drivers and other kernel modules

Module 4 – The SDT Provider

• Adding new probes

Module 5 – Using libdtrace(3lib)

Module 6 – Providers for Java, php, and other languages