Using systemtap cvs to store kprobe testcases

Lynch, Rusty rusty.lynch@intel.com
Wed May 11 16:31:00 GMT 2005


Ok, some time later today I'll add module I have been experimenting with
that will act more like a test harness for running multiple testcases.
I just need to add a little more meat to it first.

    --rusty

>-----Original Message-----
>From: systemtap-owner@sources.redhat.com [mailto:systemtap-
>owner@sources.redhat.com] On Behalf Of William Cohen
>Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 9:25 AM
>To: Lynch, Rusty
>Cc: systemtap@sources.redhat.com
>Subject: Re: Using systemtap cvs to store kprobe testcases
>
>Lynch, Rusty wrote:
>> Would it be appropriate for me to add a new top level directory to
share
>> kprobe test cases?  The systemtap cvs would be convenient, and even
>> though systemtap is really only a consumer of kprobes, if the kprobes
>> implementation has problems then systemtap will probably stumble
across
>> some of those bugs.
>>
>>     --rusty
>
>Yes, we discussed adding a testing directory for the kprobes support.
>Having it in the systemtap repository would make things a bit easier.
>There are some example tests on the email list that shoulds be
>contributed to that, e.g. measuring the overhead of kprobe operations.
>
>-Will



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