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1RTLA: Real-Time Linux Analysis tools
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3The rtla meta-tool includes a set of commands that aims to analyze
4the real-time properties of Linux. Instead of testing Linux as a black box,
5rtla leverages kernel tracing capabilities to provide precise information
6about the properties and root causes of unexpected results.
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8Installing RTLA
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10RTLA depends on the following libraries and tools:
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12 - libtracefs
13 - libtraceevent
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15It also depends on python3-docutils to compile man pages.
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17For development, we suggest the following steps for compiling rtla:
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19  $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git
20  $ cd libtraceevent/
21  $ make
22  $ sudo make install
23  $ cd ..
24  $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs.git
25  $ cd libtracefs/
26  $ make
27  $ sudo make install
28  $ cd ..
29  $ cd $rtla_src
30  $ make
31  $ sudo make install
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33For further information, please refer to the rtla man page.
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