README.txt
1DTrace HotSpot probes samples
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4This directory contains the list of D scripts which could be used to trace
5Java application with help of Solaris(tm) 10 Dynamic Tracing (DTrace)
6probes.
7
8The directory is organized as:
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10* helpers/
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12 This directory contains the auxiliary script to launch Java application
13 with D script to debug. See more comments in the scripts.
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15* hotspot/
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17 This directory contains D scripts which demonstrate usage of 'hotspot'
18 provider probes.
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21* hotspot_jni/
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23 This directory contains D scripts which demonstrate usage of 'hotspot_jni'
24 provider probes.
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28Requirements to run DTrace
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311. dtrace framework should be installed; (check if /usr/sbin/dtrace exists)
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332. the user should have the following rights:
34 dtrace_proc, dtrace_user, dtrace_kernel
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36 To give a user a privilege on login, insert a line into the
37 /etc/user_attr file of the form:
38 user-name::::defaultpriv=basic,dtrace_proc,dtrace_user,dtrace_kernel
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40 or
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42 To give a running process an DTrace privilege, use the ppriv(1) command:
43 # ppriv -s A+privilege process-ID
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