I want to introduce one of the most powerful techniques in our arsenal when supporting production systems: system call tracing. But first: what is a system call? Simply put, system calls are how programs interact with the operating system to request and manage resources like memory, files, network sockets, and hardware devices.
System Call Tracing
I want to introduce one of the most powerful techniques in our arsenal when supporting production systems: system call tracing. But first: what is a system call? Simply put, system calls are how programs interact with the operating system to request and manage resources like memory, files, network sockets, and hardware devices.