Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention present methods of tracing kernel functions of a kernel including: building a kernel tracing dynamically loadable kernel module (DLKM) wherein the kernel tracing DLKM contains user-specified kernel code; loading the kernel tracing DLKM on a target machine; invoking the kernel tracing DLKM on the target machine; and tracing kernel functions wherein trace variables are gathered. In some embodiments, the method may further include: creating user-specified kernel code wherein at least one kernel activity may be inspected or tested; creating at least one trace point corresponding to a point at which the kernel tracing DLKM is invoked; and compiling the kernel tracing DLKM.