Re: put probes on a specific line

[Li Guanglei <guanglei at cn dot ibm dot com>]

Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
> Li Guanglei <guanglei@cn.ibm.com> writes:
>
> >    I ever thought that kernel.function("*@kernel/signal.c:734") will
> > put a probe on line 734. But after testing and reading the stapprobes
> > man page, that actually refers to any functions within the
> > "kernel/signal.c" file that span line 734, i.e, it equals to
> > kernel.function("send_signal"). So it seems to me the only way to put
> > probe on a specific line is to use kernel.statements(0x....). [...]
>
> Not so: kernel.statement() accepts the same string-based specification
> of a probe point as kernel.function() does:
>
>    kernel.statement("*@kernel/signal.c:734")
>
> The "function" and "statement" terms are intentional and significant.
>
> - FChE

Thanks. It works :)