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authorMark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com>2009-10-05 10:22:59 +0200
committerMark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com>2009-10-05 10:22:59 +0200
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NEWS: Better gcc 4.5 DWARF support (kernel module deps, DW_AT_const_value).
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- ftrace(msg:string) tapset function to send strings to the system-wide
ftrace ring-buffer (if any).
+- Better support for richer DWARF debuginfo output from GCC 4.5
+ (variable tracking assignments). Kernel modules are now always resolved
+ against all their dependencies to find any info referring to missing
+ symbols. DW_AT_const_value is now supported when no DW_AT_location
+ is available.
+
* What's new in verson 1.0
- process().mark() probes now use an enabling semaphore to reduce the