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@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@ * What's new + +- Adjacent string literals are glued together, making this + construct valid: + probe process("/usr" @1 "/bin").function("*") { ... } + - In order to limit potential impact from future security problems, the stap-server process does not permit its being launched as root. -- New : systemtap now supports probes for Hardware Breakpoints on x86 - and x86_64. For syntax details, see man page for stapprobes. +- On recent kernels, for some architectures/configurations, hardware + breakpoint probes are supported. The probe point syntax is: + + probe kernel.data(ADDRESS).write + probe kernel.data(ADDRESS).length(LEN).write + probe kernel.data("SYMBOL_NAME").write * What's new in version 1.1 |