Hi Dave,
(Background: we're prototyping a compile server split of stap, to
allow a central network server to perform arbitrary script translation
and compilation for a machine without local debuginfo nor compiler.
It'll be useful later for unprivileged user-space probing too. Some
prototype code is in bug #6565.)
This is Anithra from IBM, I'm currently looking to renew the Systemtap
GUI project. (In case you are not familiar with the Systemtap GUI: It
is an IDE and visualization tool for Systemtap. -
http://sourceforge.net/projects/stapgui/ )
One of the new features that we wished to provide is 'remote
execution', wherein a user could monitor a remote system located
physically anywhere using the Systemtap GUI client. A typical scenario
would be - The script is designed using the development environment
provided by the Systemtap GUI, it is then pushed to a server which
executes the script and returns the results to the client, allowing
the user to therefore visualize the output with graphs.
Your patch (bug #6565) seems very interesting in this regard. We were
wondering if it would be possible to use the compiler server for this
purpose, i.e, as the server for the Systemtap GUI. Please let me know
your thoughts on this. The purpose of the SystemtapGUI server is
slightly different from the compiler server, it would be to execute
the script and return the results to the client, as opposed to
returning the compiled module.
Regards,
Anithra.