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@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ a named file, from standard input, or from the command line. The program runs until it is interrupted by the user, or if the script voluntarily invokes the .I exit() -function, or by any fatal error. +function, or by sufficient number of soft errors. .PP The language, which is described in a later section, is strictly typed, declaration free, procedural, and inspired by @@ -639,8 +639,9 @@ the module then communicates with it, copying trace data from the kernel into temporary files, until the user sends an interrupt signal. Any run-time error encountered by the probe handlers, such as running out of memory, division by zero, exceeding nesting or runtime limits, -results in an error condition that prevents further probes from -running. Finally, stpd unloads the module, and cleans up. +results in a soft error indication. Soft errors in excess of +MAXERRORS block of all subsequent probes, and terminate the session. +Finally, stpd unloads the module, and cleans up. .SH EXAMPLES See the @@ -692,6 +693,12 @@ Maximum number of statements to execute during any single probe hit. .TP MAXMAPENTRIES Maximum number of rows in any single global array. +.TP +MAXERRORS +Maximum number of soft errors before an exit is triggered. +.TP +MAXSKIPPED +Maximum number of skipped reentrant probes before an exit is triggered. .PP In case something goes wrong with |