Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH -tip 0/4] perf-probe updates: string support, etc. | From | Chase Douglas <> | Date | Mon, 5 Jul 2010 10:30:47 -0400 |
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On May 19, 2010, at 3:57 PM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > Hi, > > Here is a series of patches which improves perf probe to > add below features. I cleared some coding style issues. > > - String support, which enables dynamic events to trace string > variables instead of its address. > > - Fixed-index array entry support, which allows user to trace > an array entry with digit index, e.g. array[0]. > > - Global/static variable support, which allows user to trace > global or static variables, as same as local one. > > > TODOs (possible features): > - Support dynamic array-indexing (var[var2]) > - Support force type-casting ((type)var) > - Show what deta-structure member is assigned to each argument. > - Better support for probes on modules > - More debugger like enhancements(%next, --disasm, etc.) > > Thank you, > > --- > > Masami Hiramatsu (4): > perf probe: Support static and global variables > perf probe: Support tracing an entry of array > perf probe: Support "string" type > tracing/kprobes: Support "string" type
What's the status of these patches? They seem very useful to me, but I don't see them in Arnaldo's tree at git.kernel.org.
Thanks,
-- Chase
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