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Re: what does 'probe process(PID_OR_NAME).clone' mean?
Hi -
On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 01:12:13PM -0700, Roland McGrath wrote:
> > > [...] It sounded a little more like you meant .begin just to be
> > > newborn-child and .end just to be death, but as I said it's hazy to
> > > me.
> >
> > Yes, that makes sense for the script level.
>
> Why does it make sense for .begin to mean this, in contrast to what global
> begin probes mean?
Because these are process-begin and process-end probes. If we
restrict PID-identified probes to pre-existing processes, then
process(PID).begin probes would not get called and might as well not
be supported by the syntax.
> You did not really say anything at all about the whole issue I raised.
Sorry, I must have missed it.
- FChE