From 3389a622d0e086fbda79db4f561af244a5f0ea16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ddomingo Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:05:18 +1000 Subject: committing --- .../en-US/Understanding_How_SystemTap_Works.xml | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US') 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 @@ SystemTap Session - SystemTap first translates the script to C, running the system C compiler to create a kernel module from it. + + First, SystemTap checks the script against the existing tapset library (normally in /usr/share/systemtap/tapset/ for any tapsets used. + + SystemTap then translates the script to C, running the system C compiler to create a kernel module from it. SystemTap loads the module, then enables all the probed events by "hooking" those events into the kernel. -- cgit