[PATCH 0 of 3] Add support for dtrace compatible sdt probes on GNU/Linux

[David Holmes]

On 22/05/2012 9:11 PM, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 23:42 -0700, serguei.spitsyn at oracle.com wrote:
>> On 5/21/12 9:27 PM, David Holmes wrote:
>> It depends on the availability or possible setup of linux machines
>> with the systemTap.
>> Some test is needed as well.
>
> IcedTea contains a tapset to use them with systemtap and a testsuite
> written in Perl by Jon VanAlten. But really the SDT markers themselves
> are independent from any program that consumes them (on Solaris you
> would use dtrace, on GNU/Linux you can also use GDB or just list them
> with readelf -n).

I need to understand this aspect a bit better.

>>> Can we see a complete webrev of the proposed changes?
>>
>> I'll prepare a complete webrev.
>
> Thanks. If that is a lot of work then feel free to ask me to set that
> up. Just tell me how you want them split up. Since the patches are
> mostly independent.

No need to split anything up. These patches work together to achieve one 
goal - which is why a single CR was created to cover them. It won't be 
much effort for Serguei to create a webrev.

Thanks,
David


> Cheers,
>
> Mark