3 files changed, 39 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/testsuite/systemtap.base/be_order.stp b/testsuite/systemtap.base/be_order.stp
index eb8ef0c8..166d0dca 100644
--- a/testsuite/systemtap.base/be_order.stp
+++ b/testsuite/systemtap.base/be_order.stp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * add.stp
+ * be_order.stp
  *
  * Check that ordering of begin/end probes works
  */
diff --git a/testsuite/systemtap.base/global_init.exp b/testsuite/systemtap.base/global_init.exp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2076f20f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/systemtap.base/global_init.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Check that global variables are initialized before all begin probes
+
+load_lib "stap_run.exp"
+
+set test "global_init"
+
+stap_run $srcdir/$subdir/$test.stp no_load $all_pass_string
diff --git a/testsuite/systemtap.base/global_init.stp b/testsuite/systemtap.base/global_init.stp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5d7e58e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/systemtap.base/global_init.stp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * global_init.stp
+ *
+ * Check that global variables are initialized before all begin probes
+ */
+
+probe begin {  log("systemtap starting probe")  }
+probe end   {  log("systemtap ending probe")    }
+
+global gnum = 42
+global gstr = "foobar"
+
+global gnum_saved
+global gstr_saved
+probe begin(-9223372036854775808) {
+    gnum_saved = gnum
+    gstr_saved = gstr
+}
+
+probe end {
+  if (gnum_saved == 42)
+    log("systemtap test success")
+  else
+    printf("systemtap test failure - gnum_saved:%d != 42\n", gnum_saved)
+
+  if (gstr_saved == "foobar")
+    log("systemtap test success")
+  else
+    printf("systemtap test failure - gstr_saved:%s != foobar\n", gstr_saved)
+}
+