[PATCH 4/6] Implement support for SystemTap probes

Yao Qi yao@codesourcery.com
Mon Apr 11 03:21:00 GMT 2011


On 04/08/2011 01:04 AM, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>> "Yao" == Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com> writes:
> 
>>> +  pc_probe = find_probe_by_pc (pc, &objfile);
> 
> Yao> I don't understand this part.  We are looking for probe by matching
> Yao> frame's PC here, but address of stap_probe is the address where the
> Yao> probe is inserted.  So, probably, we can't find any probe here, is that
> Yao> correct?
> 
> I believe that the frame PC here actually is the location of the probe.
> Is there a situation where this would not be the case?
> 

No.  I misunderstood it.  Thanks for your explanation.

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Yao (齐尧)



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