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Re: [RFC][Revised Patch 5/5] New Probe family : probe kprobe.function()
- From: Prerna Saxena <prerna at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- To: systemtap at sourceware dot org
- Cc: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche at redhat dot com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:42:59 +0530
- Subject: Re: [RFC][Revised Patch 5/5] New Probe family : probe kprobe.function()
- References: <49EB61E1.6060302@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
NEWS updates
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Prerna Saxena
Linux Technology Centre,
IBM Systems and Technology Lab,
Bangalore, India
Index: git-19-apr/NEWS
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--- git-19-apr.orig/NEWS
+++ git-19-apr/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
Such accesses can originate from $context expressions fueled by
erroneous debug data, or by kernel_{long,string,...}() tapset calls.
+- New probes kprobe.function(FUNCTION) and kprobe.function(FUNCTION).return
+ for dwarfless probing. These postpone function address resolution to
+ run-time and use the kprobe symbol-resolution mechanism.
+ Probing of absolute statements can be done using the
+ kprobe.statement(ADDRESS).absolute construct.
+
* What's new in version 0.9.5
- New probes process().insn and process().insn.block that allows