SystemTap
E341121
SystemTap is a Linux-based dynamic tracing and performance analysis tool that allows developers and administrators to monitor and diagnose kernel and user-space activity in real time.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SystemTap canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3245479 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SystemTap Context triple: [DTrace, influenced, SystemTap]
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A.
DTrace
DTrace is a comprehensive dynamic tracing framework originally developed for Solaris that enables real-time, low-overhead observability and debugging of operating systems and applications.
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B.
gperftools
gperftools is a Google-developed collection of performance analysis tools for C++ programs, including a fast memory allocator and CPU/heap profilers.
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C.
perf (Linux profiler)
perf (Linux profiler) is a powerful Linux profiling and performance analysis tool that leverages kernel performance counters to measure and diagnose system and application behavior.
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D.
CSMonitor
CSMonitor is the abbreviated name for The Christian Science Monitor, an international news organization known for in-depth, balanced journalism.
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E.
gprof
gprof is a performance analysis tool that profiles program execution to help developers identify time-consuming functions and optimize their code.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SystemTap Target entity description: SystemTap is a Linux-based dynamic tracing and performance analysis tool that allows developers and administrators to monitor and diagnose kernel and user-space activity in real time.
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A.
DTrace
DTrace is a comprehensive dynamic tracing framework originally developed for Solaris that enables real-time, low-overhead observability and debugging of operating systems and applications.
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B.
gperftools
gperftools is a Google-developed collection of performance analysis tools for C++ programs, including a fast memory allocator and CPU/heap profilers.
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C.
perf (Linux profiler)
perf (Linux profiler) is a powerful Linux profiling and performance analysis tool that leverages kernel performance counters to measure and diagnose system and application behavior.
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D.
CSMonitor
CSMonitor is the abbreviated name for The Christian Science Monitor, an international news organization known for in-depth, balanced journalism.
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E.
gprof
gprof is a performance analysis tool that profiles program execution to help developers identify time-consuming functions and optimize their code.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Linux profiling tool
ⓘ
dynamic tracing tool ⓘ free and open-source software ⓘ performance analysis tool ⓘ |
| canOutputFormat |
CSV
ⓘ
custom formatted logs ⓘ text ⓘ |
| developedFor |
Linux kernel developers
ⓘ
application developers ⓘ system administrators ⓘ |
| feature |
aggregation and statistics
ⓘ
conditional tracing ⓘ filtering of events ⓘ kernel instrumentation ⓘ scriptable probe language ⓘ support for compiled kernel modules ⓘ support for guru mode ⓘ support for safe mode execution ⓘ support for tapsets ⓘ user-space instrumentation ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
stap
ⓘ
stapio ⓘ staprun ⓘ tapset library ⓘ |
| isSimilarTo |
DTrace
ⓘ
eBPF-based tracing tools ⓘ |
| license |
GNU General Public License
ⓘ
surface form:
GPL
|
| operatingSystem | Linux ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
monitoring
ⓘ
performance analysis ⓘ profiling ⓘ troubleshooting ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
C
ⓘ
C++ ⓘ SystemTap scripting language ⓘ |
| repository | https://sourceware.org/git/?p=systemtap.git ⓘ |
| supportsDistribution |
CentOS
ⓘ
Debian ⓘ Fedora Linux ⓘ
surface form:
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ⓘ Ubuntu ⓘ |
| supportsDwarfBasedProbing | true ⓘ |
| supportsDynamicInstrumentation | true ⓘ |
| supportsKernelSpaceTracing | true ⓘ |
| supportsKprobes | true ⓘ |
| supportsRealTimeMonitoring | true ⓘ |
| supportsTracepoints | true ⓘ |
| supportsUprobes | true ⓘ |
| supportsUserSpaceTracing | true ⓘ |
| website | https://sourceware.org/systemtap/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SystemTap Description of subject: SystemTap is a Linux-based dynamic tracing and performance analysis tool that allows developers and administrators to monitor and diagnose kernel and user-space activity in real time.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.