Bug 13338 - possible infinite recursion for process wildcard
Summary: possible infinite recursion for process wildcard
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
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Product: systemtap
Classification: Unclassified
Component: translator (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
: P2 normal
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Reported: 2011-10-24 16:25 UTC by Frank Ch. Eigler
Modified: 2011-11-02 00:11 UTC (History)
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Description Frank Ch. Eigler 2011-10-24 16:25:04 UTC 
stap -l 'process("/usr/bin/?").mark("*")' loops in an infinite recursion,
because /usr/bin/[ matches the wildcard, yet itself contains a wildcard
character.
Comment 1 Frank Ch. Eigler 2011-11-02 00:11:31 UTC 
commit 5750ecc