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Re: Modify stap-probe.h to identify SystemTap probes
- From: Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>
- To: Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb at sourceware dot org
- Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 08:52:53 +0200
- Subject: Re: Modify stap-probe.h to identify SystemTap probes
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On Sat, 05 May 2012 08:41:49 +0200, Sergio Durigan Junior wrote:
> On Saturday, May 05 2012, Jan Kratochvil wrote:
> > If the current probe.h interface is insufficient then it should be extended.
>
> I agree, but that's not the case. `probe.h' is sufficient, but it is
> not its responsibility to tell if a probe foo is a SystemTap probe.
Why cannot probe XYZ serve the task a SystemTap probe does? The name
"SystemTap" makes the probe somehow unique no other probe kind can be placed
at the same address providing the same information?
Regards,
Jan