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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/Understanding_How_SystemTap_Works.xml | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/Understanding_How_SystemTap_Works.xml b/doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/Understanding_How_SystemTap_Works.xml index c3fc0d9d..2794901c 100644 --- a/doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/Understanding_How_SystemTap_Works.xml +++ b/doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/Understanding_How_SystemTap_Works.xml @@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ <procedure id="systemtapsession"> <title>SystemTap Session</title> - <step><para>SystemTap first translates the script to C, running the system C compiler to create a kernel module from it.</para></step> + + <step><para>First, SystemTap checks the script against the existing tapset library (normally in <filename>/usr/share/systemtap/tapset/</filename> for any tapsets used.</para></step> + + <step><para>SystemTap then translates the script to C, running the system C compiler to create a kernel module from it.</para></step> <step><para>SystemTap loads the module, then enables all the probed events by "hooking" those events into the kernel.</para></step> |