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diff --git a/stapprobes.5.in b/stapprobes.5.in index efefc1bf..536991ec 100644 --- a/stapprobes.5.in +++ b/stapprobes.5.in @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ wildcards or aliases), and all them are then probed. A probe declaration may also contain several comma-separated specifications, all of which are probed. -.SS BEGIN/END +.SS BEGIN/END/ERROR The probe points .IR begin " and " end @@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ increasing order, and the order between handlers with the same sequence number is unspecified. When "begin" or "end" are given without a sequence, they are effectively sequence zero. +The +.IR error +probe point is similar to the +.IR end +probe, except that each such probe handler run when the session and +after errors having occurred. In such cases, "end" probes are +skipped, but each "error" prober is still attempted. This kind of +probe can be used to clean up or emit a final gasp message. It may +also be numerically parametrized to set a sequence. + .SS NEVER The probe point .IR never |