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Re: Another Newbie question about measuring time in a sys call

From: fche at redhat dot com (Frank Ch. Eigler)
To: David A Sperry <David_A_Sperry at raytheon dot com>
Cc: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: 08 Feb 2006 11:24:30 -0500
Subject: Re: Another Newbie question about measuring time in a sys call
References: <y0mu0b9op5d.fsf@ton.toronto.redhat.com> <OFB8BA4EC7.6D415C58-ON8525710F.00564A9A-8525710F.005757C6@mck.us.ray.com>

David_A_Sperry wrote:

> [...]
> > AFAIK, top does not perform any file creation.  [...]
> 
> I was lazy and just modified the prinf line.  [...]
> syscall creat count 6772 avg 37 min 32 max 103
> [...]

A glance at src/tapset/syscalls.stp explains the problem.  There, the
"sys_open" function is probed and mislabeled "creat".

- FChE

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