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@@ -6,6 +6,22 @@ - Translation pass 2 is significantly faster by avoiding unnecessary searching through a kernel build/module directory tree. +- When compiled against elfutils 0.142 systemtap now handles the new + DW_OP_call_frame_CFA generated by by GCC. + +- uprobes and ustack() are more robust when used on applications that + depend on prelinked/separate debuginfo shared libraries. + +- User space PROBE marks are not always found with or without separate + debuginfo. The .probes section itself is now always put in the main + elf file and marked as allocated. When when building pic code the + section is marked writable. fixes the selinux memory check problems + seen with programs using STAP_PROBES. + +- statement() probes can now override "address not at start of statement" + errors in guru mode. They also provide alternative addresses to use + in non-guru mode. + * What's new in version 0.9.8 - Miscellaneous new tapset functions: |