Linux Debugging and Performance Tuning.Linux Debugging (programming) debugging - Attempting to determine the cause of the symptoms of malfunctions detected by testing or by frenzied user complaints. The term is said to have been coined by Grace Hopper, based on the term "bug". & Performance Tuning Steve Best Prentice Hall Press One Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 0131492470 $49.99 www.phptr.com Learn how to debug Linux code at both kernel and application levels through a hands-on tutorial which covers all kinds of performance optimization issues. From cache misses A failure to find the required instruction or data in the cache. In such a case, the item is read from main memory. See cache. and memory management It Used to Be a Nightmare In the days of the first PCs, memory management used to be a major consideration. The PC had more confusing memory types than any computer in history as its architecture was pushed, patched and expanded to meet the increasing demand for more capabilities. DOS, the operating system of the 1980s, was designed to address only one megabyte (1MB) of memory. Today, we take 128MB and 256MB for granted, and Windows uses up every available drop. issues to network performance and dump analysis from crashes, Linux Debugging And Performance Tuning Tips And Techniques is packed with real-world examples, with screen shots and code lists helping explain debugging logic and procedures. Highly recommended for any Linux systems administrator involved in debugging processes. |
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