[PATCH 0 of 5] Some jstack fixes and improvements

Andrew Haley aph at redhat.com
Wed Mar 14 03:24:21 PDT 2012


On 03/14/2012 10:06 AM, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> Here are some fixes and enhancements to the systemtap jstack() support.
> I split them out in separate patches to make it easier to see what
> changed (one of them is basically a complete reindent with a try-catch
> wrapped around the body of the jstack function). These patches make
> jstack() more reliable by having less hard coded constants, and better
> error recovery if something still did go wrong. One patch relies on
> an unreleased Systemtap 1.8 feature (@var) which adds support for
> when hotspot is compiled with gcc 4.6+, it checks the systemtap version
> installed to fall back on the old method (using $var) if necessary.

These look fine.  Are there any unit tests for this stuff?

Andrew.



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