From 944e2486c1bc490ead36fca86131b2a38416067d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 16:42:57 -0500 Subject: Add placeholder for new news --- NEWS | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 280b6fb2..08705c81 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +* What's new + * What's new in version 0.9 - Typecasting is now supported using the @cast operator. A script can -- cgit From 3bd0d4df7ccfd9afe7771441b26d8baaaf180e29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rajan Arora Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:44:21 -0400 Subject: PR 7071: Optional $context variables fix * tapsets.cxx (dwarf_var_expanding_visitor::visit_target_symbol): Substitute erroneous target symbol with literal 0 if session level flag, skip_badvars is set. * session.h (struct systemtap_session): New flag: skip_badvars. * main.cxx: Command line argument --skip-badvars added. * stap.1.in: Entry for new option --skip-badvars. * NEWS: Added blurb for new option now available. * testsuite/semok/badvar.stp: Test case to check added functionality. --- NEWS | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 08705c81..74fd1df5 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ * What's new +- Variables unavailable in current context may be skipped by setting a + session level flag with command line option --skip-badvars now available. + This will simply substitute the otherwise error causing variable with a + literal 0 and print a warning message when the substitution has been made. + * What's new in version 0.9 - Typecasting is now supported using the @cast operator. A script can -- cgit