Getting at parameters on kernel.inline probes?

[Alan David Brunelle]

Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
> "Alan D. Brunelle" <Alan.Brunelle@hp.com> writes:
>
>   
>> I'm looking into a quick blktrace -> SystemTAP set of functions, and
>> ran into a problem right at the start:
>> // static inline void blk_add_trace_rq(struct request_queue *q,
>> //                                     struct request *rq,
>> //                                     u32 what)
>> probe kernel.inline("blk_add_trace_rq") {
>> [...]
>>     
>
> We know of some problems with inline functions and argument
> resolution, specifically with respect to debug information quality.
> Some of these have been improved with later versions of gcc.  Until
> your situation gets fully diagnosed, a workaround may be to modify
> blktrace to take away the inline declaration and probe kernel.function
> instead.
>   
I think for my purposes that's exactly where I'll start.
>   
>> % stap -vg stap_bt.stp
>>     
>
> BTW, there is no need for -g for this script.
>   
...yet! :-) It's being developed...
> - FChE
>