[9fans] linux call-graph as PNG

[9fans] linux call-graph as PNG

[ggm]

slashdot has a rather nice call-graph linkage diagram of
the linux kernel as a map. Like the Internet maps but
for kernels.

plan9 or inferno would look so much nicer than this, it
would be an object lesson in small-is-beautiful.

-george

Re: [9fans] linux call-graph as PNG

[forsyth]

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i spent a few minutes adding code to the loader to list
the non-indirect calls made by all functions in the 9pc kernel.

looking through the output (4453 lines), i suspect it
might look fairly well-structured but i can't be sure
because it's taking rather longer than i'd hoped
to assemble graphviz/dot to let me see it.
it relies on several other packages so i need to import those too.

free software but no free time.
something like that.


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To: cse.psu.edu!9fans
Subject: Re: [9fans] linux call-graph as PNG
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 19:44:03 -0500
Message-ID: <20010208004421.64F5E199E3@mail.cse.psu.edu>

> plan9 or inferno would look so much nicer than this

I'd like to see it before claiming anything like that.
I can believe it would be smaller, a state map rather
than a world map.

-rob

Re: [9fans] linux call-graph as PNG

[cLIeNUX user]

humbubba@smart.net
>> plan9 or inferno would look so much nicer than this
>
>I'd like to see it before claiming anything like that.
>I can believe it would be smaller, a state map rather
>than a world map.
>
>-rob
>

There's a "calls" package on sunsite/metalab/ibilio that did a nice job
with a much simpler, but not trivial, program.  I don't think Plan9 code
is unusual vis-a-vis such a util.

Rick Hohensee

Re: [9fans] linux call-graph as PNG

[rob pike]

> plan9 or inferno would look so much nicer than this

I'd like to see it before claiming anything like that.
I can believe it would be smaller, a state map rather
than a world map.

-rob