* [Bug translator/5075] New: automatic creation of "argstr"
@ 2007-09-28 17:05 hunt at redhat dot com
2008-06-26 18:59 ` [Bug translator/5075] " scox at redhat dot com
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From: hunt at redhat dot com @ 2007-09-28 17:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: systemtap
The systemcall tapset (and some others) create a string variable "argstr" which
is a formatted string of the probed function's arguments. Doing this for even a
small fraction of the functions in the kernel is very time consuming.
Maintaining it is a continuing drain. Yet it is very useful. Rarely is a user
concerned only with what functions are called; some simple way to print the args
is needed.
The translator has access to the argument types from the dwarf information. I
see no reason why it cannot construct, on demand, something like argstr
automatically for every probed function, in kernel or userspace. Even
displaying complicated structures should be simple enough.
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Summary: automatic creation of "argstr"
Product: systemtap
Version: unspecified
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P1
Component: translator
AssignedTo: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
ReportedBy: hunt at redhat dot com
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5075
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* [Bug translator/5075] automatic creation of "argstr"
2007-09-28 17:05 [Bug translator/5075] New: automatic creation of "argstr" hunt at redhat dot com
@ 2008-06-26 18:59 ` scox at redhat dot com
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From: scox at redhat dot com @ 2008-06-26 18:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: systemtap
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