Using dtrace and mdb to examine virtual memory

here is a short example using
dtrace and mdb to examine page faults and process address spaces.
This will be used in a workshop being given to professors teaching operating systems
within China. The workshop will cover Solaris internals using the opensolaris source code
and tools such as dtrace, mdb, and kmdb.

new web site for Bruning Systems

Hi,
I have finally gotten around to updating the web site. Still need to
add the dtrace scripts, but first I need to document them.

www.bruningsystems.com

max

snooping gld-based NIC drivers using dtrace

Hi.
I have just posted a script at http://www.bruningsystems.com/rtlsio.p
that allows one to snoop incoming/outgoing packets on a Realtek NIC.
The script is very easy to change for any other GLD-based NIC (see
the comment at the beginning of the script to determine what needs
to be changed.)
To run the script, save it and then:

# dtrace -q -C -s ./rtlsio.p

Let me know what you think.

max

dtrace script to trace kernel thread state changes

I just posted a script that traces kernel thread state changes to the dtrace
forum on forum.sun.com. You can also find it at http://www.bruningsystems.com/runq.d

Have fun.
max

solaris kernel memory usage

This is a test. I am currently working on answering a question
from a former student about kernel memory. The question and
answer will be here shortly.