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Re: Kernel crash when using systemtap
Hi -
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 02:08:27PM -0700, Padmanabhan S N wrote:
> The stap .c file is about 16M in size and the generated .ko is about 13M.
Wow.
> [...]
> The script is very simple, but traces all functions in our module :
> [...]
> I did try removing the inline probes. But that doesnt help.?
OK. (Remember that the .inline probes don't constitute a
nesting-trackable function entry, so thread_indent(1) is wrong.)
> Narrowing down the wildcards will limit the scope of tracing, right?
Yes.
> Is there anything else that I can try ?
Taking out the $$parms printing - or restricting it to some key
functions only - should dramatically shrink things.
- FChE