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| author | Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org> | 2010-03-03 10:09:21 -0500 |
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| committer | Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org> | 2010-03-03 10:09:21 -0500 |
| commit | 2392877244da7bbcc2dba67abf506bfcf4908620 (patch) | |
| tree | b5fc2580122bb973687a0b9e06714df2f5f80913 /tapset | |
| parent | 9b06e18aef324786a88a0fbb61dcfdb369586e7f (diff) | |
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HACKING: emphasize embedded-c testing
Diffstat (limited to 'tapset')
| -rw-r--r-- | tapset/DEVGUIDE | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tapset/DEVGUIDE b/tapset/DEVGUIDE index 5d7c8658..718fadc4 100644 --- a/tapset/DEVGUIDE +++ b/tapset/DEVGUIDE @@ -242,7 +242,8 @@ built into SystemTap. Be especially careful when dereferencing pointers. Use the kread() macro to dereference any pointers that could potentially be invalid. If you're not sure, err on the side of caution. The cost of using kread() is small compared to the cost of your tapset -inadvertently crashing a system! +inadvertently crashing a system! It is necessary to rigorously test +embedded-C functions in the testsuite. Add the string /* pure */ |