sys_kernel_debug(5)

📦 version 6.20, in arch rolling, nixpkgs unstable

okay so bestie, welcome to sys_kernel_debug(5) — yes, that's the title, and it's coming at you from the File Formats Manual. It's all about /sys/kernel/debug/, and honestly? iconic debugging energy. 🫶✨

💖 NAME 💖

/sys/kernel/debug/ — debugging.

That's the whole name. It does exactly what it says on the tin, no cap. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

/sys/kernel/debug/

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

  • /sys/kernel/debug/tracing — this is a mount point for the tracefs filesystem, and that filesystem is used by the kernel's ftrace facility. (For the full tea on ftrace, check the kernel source file Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst.) 💖

👑 STANDARDS 👑

Linux. periodt. 🐧

🦋 HISTORY 🦋

Linux 2.6.0. It's been around since way back, main character behavior. ⭐

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

and that's the whole page, bestie. mwah 💋✨

Linux man-pages 6.20 · 2026-09-09

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