[Bug documentation/5049] New: Document relative vs. absolute pathnames in probe PATTERNs

[Bug documentation/5049] New: Document relative vs. absolute pathnames in probe PATTERNs

[jkenisto at us dot ibm dot com]

A user was having trouble getting stap to accept a statement"func@file:line")
probe.  The fix was to change the "file" component from an absolute pathname to
a pathname relative to the root of the kernel source tree.

Neither the stapprobes man page nor the Language Reference make it clear that
the pathname must be relative, although the examples in the Language Reference
show relative pathnames.

Am I correct in thinking that the pathname must be relative?  Does this need to
be clarified anywhere besides in the stapprobes man page and the Language Reference?

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           Summary: Document relative vs. absolute pathnames in probe
                    PATTERNs
           Product: systemtap
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P3
         Component: documentation
        AssignedTo: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: jkenisto at us dot ibm dot com


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[Bug documentation/5049] Support relative and absolute pathnames in probe PATTERNs

[fche at redhat dot com]

------- Additional Comments From fche at redhat dot com  2007-09-20 00:38 -------
> Am I correct in thinking that the pathname must be relative?

Not exactly.  The path name patterns need to match the path names as
seen by the compiler.  A Red Hat kernel build happens to use relative
names, but others may not.  We should try harder to support both, perhaps
with an implicit "**"-equivalent widget at the front of the path name
string.


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            Summary|Document relative vs.       |Support relative and
                   |absolute pathnames in probe |absolute pathnames in probe
                   |PATTERNs                    |PATTERNs


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------- Additional Comments From fche at redhat dot com  2007-10-15 19:44 -------
*** Bug 4397 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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------- Additional Comments From fche at redhat dot com  2008-08-11 17:26 -------
Please check the effect of commit #2ed8949.

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