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Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/4] kprobe-based symbol resolution for stap-translator
Hi -
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 07:20:05PM +0530, Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli wrote:
> [...] I don't see why we need a new construct. The changes to
> translator seem fairly self contained with this patchset along with
> an independent option. [...]
But the option is not independent - it changes the treatment of
otherwise valid scripts and command line options (-l). I'd rather see
- no new command line option
- a separate namespace for these restricted sorts of probes
- and then some new intelligence in the translator that automatically
downgrades "kernel.function("...")' probes to 'kernel.kprobe("...")'
if the probe point & handler does not appear to require debuginfo
- FChE