Why dynamic dispatch is necessary and how to fix it with devirtualizing and PGO.
December 1, 2023
go
golang
pgo
observability
continuous profiling
ebpf
performance
Profiling Arm64 with eBPF in Parca Agent
ARMing your favourite DWARF Unwinder
October 17, 2023
eBPF
Parca Agent
DWARF-Based Unwinding
Observability
System-Wide
Polar Signals Cloud is Generally Available
We're ready to share our product with the world!
December 1, 2023
ga
generally available
observability
continuous profiling
ebpf
performance
Introduction to Parca - Part 2
Parca Agent is our open source, always-on eBPF-based continuous profiler. In this article, we will learn some of the concepts behind Parca Agent and use it to profile our system.
January 19, 2023
Continuous-Profiling
BPF
eBPF
Observability
Parca
Parca Agent
Debuginfo
Relabeling
What's new in Parca?
Looking at some exciting features that recently landed in Parca.
January 3, 2023
Continuous-Profiling
BPF
eBPF
Observability
Parca
Parca Agent
Debuginfo
Autocomplete
Relabeling
Prometheus
Design Decisions of a Continuous Profiler
The tradeoffs and considerations building continuous, fleet-wide profilers.
December 14, 2022
Continuous-Profiling
BPF
eBPF
Observability
Parca
FrostDB
High Cardinality
Debuginfod
Parca Agent
DWARF-based Stack Walking Using eBPF
Deep dive into the new DWARF-based stack unwinder using eBPF.
November 29, 2022
Profiling
BPF
eBPF
Observability
Frame Pointers
DWARF
DWARF-Based Unwinding
.eh_frame
Parca Agent
Announcing Profiling Support Without Frame Pointers
Open-Source Parca Agent is adding support for native applications compiled without frame pointers.
November 23, 2022
Profiling
eBPF
Observability
Frame Pointers
DWARF
DWARF-Based Unwinding
.eh_frame
Parca Agent
Parca now also in Grafana Core
Parca in Grafana without having to install a plugin!
November 2, 2022
Grafana
Parca
Continuous-Profiling
Observability
Winter is coming - FrostDB in Prometheus
FrostDB is an embedded columnar database built for observability data. This article will explore FrostDB's potential by using it in Prometheus.
July 22, 2022
FrostDB
Prometheus
Observability
Introduction to Parca - Part 1
Parca is our open source, always-on eBPF-based continuous profiler. In this article, we'll learn some of the concepts behind Parca and use it to profile our system.