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* What's new
+- Additional context variables are available on user-space syscall probes.
+ - $argN ($arg1, $arg2, ... $arg6) in process(PATH_OR_PID).syscall
+ gives you the argument of the system call.
+ - $return in process(PATH_OR_PID).syscall.return gives you the return
+ value of the system call.
+
- Target process mode (stap -c CMD or -x PID) now implicitly restricts all
- "process.*" probes to the given child process. (It does not effect
+ "process.*" probes to the given child process. (It does not affect
kernel.* or other probe types.) The CMD string is now executed directly,
rather than via a /bin/sh -c subshell.