Merge branch 'master' into pr6866

Conflicts:
	ChangeLog: Removed
	runtime/ChangeLog: Removed
	runtime/sym.c: Merged
	runtime/task_finder.c: Merged
	tapset/ChangeLog: Removed
	testsuite/ChangeLog: Removed

1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/testsuite/systemtap.base/system_func.stp b/testsuite/systemtap.base/system_func.stp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d14fb25b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/systemtap.base/system_func.stp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#! stap
+
+# test the system() function
+
+global saw_echo, did_cat
+
+probe kernel.function("sys_open") {
+  if (!saw_echo) {
+    # very inefficient. Testing only. DO NOT DO THIS
+    msg="echo sys_open"
+    system(msg)
+    saw_echo = 1
+  }
+}
+
+probe timer.ms(100) {
+  # should fail	
+  system("cat __xyzzy123ABC__")
+  did_cat = 1
+}
+
+probe timer.ms(150) { 
+	if (saw_echo && did_cat)
+		exit() 
+}
+
+probe begin {
+  # should succeed
+  system("whoami")
+}
+
+probe end {
+  # should succeed
+  system("echo DONE")
+}