The Return of the Frame Pointers
Brendan Gregg
MARCH 16, 2024
2014: Java in Flames Broken Java Stacks (2014) When I joined Netflix in 2014, I found Java's lack of frame pointer support broke all application stacks (pictured in my 2014 Surge talk on the right). The overhead to walk DWARF is also too high, as it was designed for non-realtime use.
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