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SystemTap: History & Products

In computing, SystemTap (stap) is a scripting language and tool for dynamically instrumenting running production Linux-based operating systems. System administrators can use SystemTap to extract, filter and summarize data in order to enable diagnosis of complex performance or functional problems.

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SystemTap topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Products as prominent areas in the source structure around SystemTap.

Related topics
23
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
28
Extracted relationships
47
Concept neighborhoods
18
Bridge connections
28

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 12 topics
History · 4 topics
Usage · 4 topics
Simple examples · 2 topics
Importing scripts from other tracing technologies · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

License
GNU General Public License
Operating system
Linux
Release
2005 (2005)
Repository
sourceware.org/git/systemtap.git
Stable release
5.5 / May 1, 2026; 3 months ago (2026-05-01)
Type
Tracing programming language

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Usage

Simple examples

  • TCP Transmission Control Protocol
  • Socket Network socket

Importing scripts from other tracing technologies

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How SystemTap connects Entity context

The extracted context around SystemTap shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, SystemTap → Domingo, DTrace, Dynamic Tracing, EiglerSystemTap Beginner's Guide Don, Eugene Teo, Frank Ch, Jim Keniston, Joshua Stone, Linux Plumbers Conference, LinuxWorld Conference, Official, OhlohDynamic Tracing, Ottawa Linux Symposium Archived, PDF, Performance Analysis Using SystemTap, Red Hat Summit, Solving, SystemTap Archived, SystemTapSystemtap, Tutorial Another extracted example is SystemTap → Another, DynInst, In, Linux, Scripts, The. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

SystemTap

Top relations

related to External links · 23
SystemTap → Domingo, DTrace, Dynamic Tracing, EiglerSystemTap Beginner's Guide Don, Eugene Teo, Frank Ch, Jim Keniston, Joshua Stone, Linux Plumbers Conference, LinuxWorld Conference, Official, OhlohDynamic Tracing, Ottawa Linux Symposium Archived, PDF, Performance Analysis Using SystemTap, Red Hat Summit, Solving, SystemTap Archived, SystemTapSystemtap, Tutorial
related to Usage · 6
SystemTap → Another, DynInst, In, Linux, Scripts, The
related to Simple examples · 5
SystemTap → Many, TCP, The, There, War Stories
related to history · 3
SystemTap → After, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Update
License · 1
SystemTap → GNU General Public License
Operating system · 1
SystemTap → Linux
Release · 1
SystemTap → 2005 (2005)
Repository · 1
SystemTap → sourceware.org/git/systemtap.git
Stable release · 1
SystemTap → 5.5 / May 1, 2026; 3 months ago (2026-05-01)
Type · 1
SystemTap → Tracing programming language

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

scripts linux system language tracing software analysis script kernel privilege use red hat examples also operating run option requires dynamic

SystemTap relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 47 structured relationships around SystemTap. Examples in this analysis include SystemTap → License → GNU General Public License and SystemTap → Operating system → Linux. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SystemTapLicenseGNU General Public License1.00infobox
SystemTapOperating systemLinux1.00infobox
SystemTapRelease2005 (2005)1.00infobox
SystemTapRepositorysourceware.org/git/systemtap.git1.00infobox
SystemTapStable release5.5 / May 1, 2026; 3 months ago (2026-05-01)1.00infobox
SystemTapTypeTracing programming language1.00infobox
SystemTapWebsitesourceware.org/systemtap/1.00infobox
SystemTapWritten inC, C++1.00infobox
Linuxinstance ofcompiled-in probe points0.80text
SystemTaprelated to External linksOfficial0.60section
SystemTaprelated to External linksWikiSystemTap Language Reference0.60section
SystemTaprelated to External linksPDF0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around SystemTap bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Examples, Hat and Red. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • SystemTap
    • Examples
    • Hat
    • Red
    • Tracing
    • Use
    • Software
    • Linux
    • Scripts
    • Dtrace
    • Free
    • Includes
    • Open-source
  • systemtap
    • Examples
    • Hat
    • Red
    • Tracing
    • Use
    • Software
    • Linux
    • Scripts
    • Dtrace
    • Free
    • Includes
    • Open-source
  • scripting language
    • Operating
    • Website
    • Written
    • Tracing
    • Instrumenting
    • Systemtap
    • Tool
    • Dtrace
    • Free
    • Open-source
    • Release
    • Running
  • red hat
    • Hat
    • Red
    • Tracing
    • Hitachi
    • Ibm
    • Intel
    • Linux
    • Includes
    • Open-source
    • Operating
    • Performance
    • Release
  • free and open-source software
    • Open-source
    • Hitachi
    • Ibm
    • Intel
    • Software
    • Dtrace
    • Includes
    • Website
    • Dynamic
    • Hat
    • Red
    • Tracing
  • dynamic program analysis
    • Dynamic
    • Tracing
    • Dtrace
    • Free
    • Open-source
    • Performance
    • Website
    • Hat
    • Red
    • Requires
    • Kernel
    • Language
  • importing scripts from other tracing technologies
    • Website
    • Dynamic
    • Guru
    • Mode
    • Analysis
    • Linux
    • Release
    • Dtrace
    • Option
    • Tracing
    • Written
    • Kernel
  • linux
    • Red
    • Scripts
    • Tracing
    • Kernel
    • Operating
    • Performance
    • Release
    • Systemtap
    • Website
    • Written
    • Dynamic
    • Requires

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For SystemTap, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects SystemTap with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
SystemTap — Overview · splits 16 ⟂ 13
SystemTap — History · splits 24 ⟂ 5
SystemTap — Usage · splits 24 ⟂ 5
SystemTap — Simple examples · splits 26 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

SystemTap

Nodes29
Edges28
Triples47
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.068966
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around SystemTap to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Products, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — SystemTap · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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