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authorfche <fche>2006-01-28 02:42:08 +0000
committerfche <fche>2006-01-28 02:42:08 +0000
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2006-01-27 Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org>
* main.cxx: Make "-v" (verbose) flag a counter. * stap.1.in: Document this. * session.h: Corresponding changes. * {elaborate,buildrun,tapsets,translate}.cxx: Update all uses of verbose flag to compare it to sensible level for value of message.
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@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ prints a list of supported options.
.\" -t test mode
.TP
.B \-v
-Verbose mode. Produce more informative output.
+Increase verbosity. Produce more informative output.
.TP
.B \-h
Show help message.
@@ -473,10 +473,10 @@ fully type-checked by the translator.
.SS STATISTICS
It is often desirable to collect statistics in a way that avoids the
-penalties of repeatedly locking the global variables those numbers are
-being put into. Systemtap provides a solution using a special
-operator to accumulate values, and several pseudo-functions to extract
-the statistical aggregates.
+penalties of repeatedly exclusive locking the global variables those
+numbers are being put into. Systemtap provides a solution using a
+special operator to accumulate values, and several pseudo-functions to
+extract the statistical aggregates.
.PP
The aggregation operator is
.IR <<< ,
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ Maximum length of strings.
.TP
MAXTRYLOCK
Maximum number of iterations to wait for locks on global variables
-before declaring possible deadlock.
+before declaring possible deadlock and skipping the probe.
.TP
MAXACTION
Maximum number of statements to execute during any single probe hit.