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| author | Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org> | 2008-08-28 14:44:06 -0400 |
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| committer | Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org> | 2008-08-28 14:44:06 -0400 |
| commit | 30f926f0b0a198dd416ea735353e852a7ee79d69 (patch) | |
| tree | 7c924e8de6a9a38ee904d9793f0bafffc00b8d85 /doc/langref.tex | |
| parent | fb84c077272764f8cb000e9b02572fb7c9cac24f (diff) | |
| parent | 84f00e279d98edba986225386c7183db3c5968b0 (diff) | |
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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
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/langref.tex')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/langref.tex | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/langref.tex b/doc/langref.tex index 413ece4d..5db82550 100644 --- a/doc/langref.tex +++ b/doc/langref.tex @@ -495,7 +495,9 @@ found. Because of possible concurrency limits, such as multiple probe handlers, each global variable used by a probe is automatically read- or write-locked while the handler is running. A global declaration may be written at the outermost level anywhere in a script file, not just within a block of code. -The following declaration marks \texttt{var1} and \texttt{var2} as global. +Global variables which are written but never read will be displayed +automatically at session shutdown. The following declaration marks +\texttt{var1} and \texttt{var2} as global. The translator will infer a value type for each, and if the variable is used as an array, its key types. |