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To: Steven <mqyoung@gmail.com>
Cc: Hui Zhu <teawater@gmail.com>, "gdb@sourceware.org" <gdb@sourceware.org>,        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>,        Marc Khouzam <marc.khouzam@ericsson.com>,        Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Linux Kernel GDB tracepoint module 2010-8-30 release
References: <AANLkTimjO7sBzR55XkPB7dmZvxXqc8PS4UDsgptXVt90@mail.gmail.com>	<1283504768.2100.43.camel@steven>
From: fche@redhat.com (Frank Ch. Eigler)
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:06:00 -0000
In-Reply-To: <1283504768.2100.43.camel@steven> (mqyoung@gmail.com's message of "Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:06:08 +0800")
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Steven <mqyoung@gmail.com> writes:

> [...]
>         (gdb) trace vfs_readdir 
>         Tracepoint 3 at 0xc1175690: file fs/readdir.c, line 23.
>         (gdb) actions
>         Enter actions for tracepoint 3, one per line.
>         End with a line saying just "end".
>         > collect jiffies_64
>         > collect *file
>         > end

By the way, the systemtap equivalent would be:

#! /usr/bin/stap -g
probe kernel.function("vfs_readdir") {
      println(%{ jiffies_64 %})
      println($file$)
}


> 2) I can not collect local variable, despite I rebuild the kernel with
> -O0 optimization option. what is the problem? Many thanks
>         -------------------------------------------------------------------
>         (gdb) trace fs/readdir.c:29
>         Tracepoint 2 at 0xc11756ca: file fs/readdir.c, line 29.
>         (gdb) actions 
>         Enter actions for tracepoint 2, one per line.
>         End with a line saying just "end".
>         > collect res
>         > end


#! /usr/bin/stap
probe kernel.statement("*@fs/readdir.c:29") {
      println($res)
}


- FChE