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Misadventures in DTrace: how to debug the macOS kernel

jade.fyi · published 11 May 2025

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man.freebsd.org

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https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/dtrace

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diverto.hr

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https://theapplewiki.com/wiki/AppleMobileFileIntegrity

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github.com

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jade.fyi

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https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/security/sec8b776536b/1/web/1

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https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/xnu/blob/8d741a5de7ff4191bf97d57b9f54c2f6d4a15585/bsd/kern/kern_event.c

github.com

https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/xnu/blob/8d741a5de7ff4191bf97d57b9f54c2f6d4a15585/bsd/kern/sys_generic.c

github.com