Strace - Monitoring the Kernel-User-Space Conversation

Explore the powerful capabilities of strace, a tool for monitoring system-call conversations between applications and the Linux kernel, in this 45-minute conference talk. Dive into the symbolic representation of system calls, bit-mask arguments, and structure fields without needing application source code. Learn to interpret strace output, including subtle details, and discover its rich set of options for filtering traces to specific system calls, signals, and file accesses. Gain valuable insights into kernel-user-space interactions and enhance your debugging and performance analysis skills for Linux applications.

Strace: Monitoring The Kernel-User-Space Conversation - Michael Kerrisk