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authorFrank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org>2008-08-28 14:44:06 -0400
committerFrank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org>2008-08-28 14:44:06 -0400
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Merge commit 'origin/master' into pr4225
* commit 'origin/master': PR5686: correct regression in semok/optimize.stp trailing whitespace removal, as approved by emacs fix global-var array index rendering fix NEWS to refer to simpler context.stp tapset functions in auto-printing blurb Document written but unread global variable automatic display. 2nd try initial Make _get_sock_addr return correct address in kernel before 2.6.16. Automatically print written but unread globals Make nodwf test passed when CONFIG_QUOTACTL unset Uses STAPCONF_DPATH_PATH instead of a kernel version check. Simplified "rpm" target a bit. Moved tar archive creation step from "rpm" target to "dist-gzip" target. remove support for "make dist" since git-archive does as well; Examples html files moved into subdir. 2008-08-25 David Smith <dsmith@redhat.com> ChangeLog Entries Robustness improvements for the stap client/server
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* What's new
+- Global variables which are written to but never read are now
+ automatically displayed when the session does a shutdown. For example:
+
+ global running_tasks
+ probe timer.profile {running_tasks[pid(),tid()] = execname()}
+ probe timer.ms(8000) {exit()}
+
- A formatted string representation of the variables, parameters, or local
variables at a probe point is now supported via the special $$vars,
$$parms, and $$locals context variables, which expand to a string