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Re: tapset feedback


> So the idea here is that we define for each probe what to do if the
> probe does not match any current function. Isn't this kind of similar to
> my (perhaps poorly named) kernel.func probe point? Using kernel.func vs
> kernel.function means "do nothing if this probe point fails to match".

My suggestion percolates the "failed to match" notion up from the tapset
implementation to the user script so that the user can decide about "do
nothing" or "give me an error" or "warn me", in a general way for any such
case from any tapset.


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