Reblogged from Alexander Anokhin:
What's new in DTrace LIO?
Jump to introduction: Dynamic tracing of Oracle logical I/O
1. The list of supported functions performing logical I/O is extended:
Note: some function names below are my suggestions.
Consistent gets:
- kcbgtcr - Kernel Cache Buffer Get Consistent Read. This is general entry point for consistent read.
- kcbldrget - Kernel Cache Buffer Load Direct-Read Get. The function performing direct-path read.
A new version of a nifty tool to dig into internals of logical IO by Alexander Anokhin and Andrey Nikolaev