In many cases, in order to get interesting or in-depth results the ExtendedDTraceProbes flag needs to be set when DTracing Java programs. In this case, because of the probes we have chosen to trace, running the program Code/Java/Func_abc, both with (PID 311517) and without (311526) this flag, and we can see that it has made no difference, with each reporting 35 lines executed. # j_who.d Tracing... Hit Ctrl-C to end. ^C PID UID CALLS ARGS 194441 100 18 /usr/local/lib/opera/9.02-20060919.1/opera 309790 100 20 java_vm 311517 100 35 java -XX:+ExtendedDTraceProbes Func_abc 311526 100 35 java Func_abc |