Feature Request: Allow profiling by process name instead of PID
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Description
I am trying to monitor memory allocation for a process that spawns other processes, all with the same executable name. The current form of `trace-bpfcc` allows me to either monitor for one PID, or for all processes (which is very slow). It would be great if all new processes of the same name would have a probe attached to them automatically.
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Research direction
Start by locating the trace-bpfcc entry point that selects a single PID or all processes, then read how probes are attached to processes. The feature is done when a process-name option automatically covers newly spawned processes with that executable name without monitoring unrelated processes; no specific files or tests are named.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- observability-sre, operating-systems, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100