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Debugging (Varnish)

Debugging (Varnish)

An overview of some of the research done in the practice and pedagogy of debugging, as well as some examples of ways that Fastly has addressed issues with debugging Varnish "at scale". A video of this talk is available at https://www.infoq.com/fr/presentations/varnishcon-devon-odell-debugging

Devon H. O'Dell

June 18, 2016
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  1. Debugging (Varnish)
    Devon H. O’Dell | @dhobsd | Fastly | VarnishCon 2016

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  2. Who am I?
    Tech Lead, Varnish PFID @ Fastly
    Personal interest in performance,
    debugging, concurrency, and
    introspection.
    Usually confused about something.

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  4. Why does debugging matter?

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  5. The Root of the Problem

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  6. “Everyone knows that debugging is
    twice as hard as writing a program in
    the first place. So if you're as clever as
    you can be when you write it, how will
    you ever debug it?” (Brian Kernighan,
    TEOPS, 1974)

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  16. “The relationships between debugging success
    and individual factors … have not been
    researched… Given that debugging presents
    challenges for many novices, exploring the
    influence of self theories on student approaches
    to debugging appears worthwhile.”

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  22. sub vcl_recv {
    if (req.http.answer ~ “^42) {
    log “enlightened client”;
    }
    return vcl_fetch;
    }

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  32. Varnish Debugging Tools
    • varnishlog / varnishtop / varnishncsa / varnishreplay / varnishadm
    • vcl tracing
    • crash traces
    • gdb / lldb
    • perf / hwpmc

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  37. locking_function : 25276 threads, 2 locations: cache_foo.c:220 (8);
    cache_foo.c:210 (25268)

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  41. Thank you!
    Devon H. O’Dell | https://9vx.org/ | @dhobsd | https://www.fastly.com

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