Systemtap 5.6 released
Date:
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:58:42 +0000
Description:
Version 5.6 of the Systemtap tracing tool has been released. BPF LSM hooks
and XDP packet-processing probes for the --bpf
runtime, BTF-based kernel.tracepoint probes, statement execution
tracing, a new @enumname() operator, richer runtime error context,
dyninst hardware watchpoints, modern systemd service templates, and
broad Linux 7.2 runtime/tapset compatibility work. Multithreaded
speedups throughout.
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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1095220/
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