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@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@ * What's new +- Prototype systemtap client and compile server are now available. + These allow you to compile a systemtap module on a host other than + the one which it will be run, providing the client and server + are compatible. Other than using a server for passes 1 through + 4, the client behaves like the 'stap' front end itself. This + means, among other things, that the client will automatically + load the resulting module on the local host unless -p[1234] + was specified. See stap-server(8) for more details. + +- Global variables which are written to but never read are now + automatically displayed when the session does a shutdown. For example: + + global running_tasks + probe timer.profile {running_tasks[pid(),tid()] = execname()} + probe timer.ms(8000) {exit()} + - A formatted string representation of the variables, parameters, or local variables at a probe point is now supported via the special $$vars, $$parms, and $$locals context variables, which expand to a string |