Re: put probes on a specific line

[Li Guanglei <guanglei@cn.ibm.com>]

Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
> Li Guanglei <guanglei@cn.ibm.com> writes:
> 
>>    I ever thought that kernel.function("*@kernel/signal.c:734") will
>> put a probe on line 734. But after testing and reading the stapprobes
>> man page, that actually refers to any functions within the
>> "kernel/signal.c" file that span line 734, i.e, it equals to
>> kernel.function("send_signal"). So it seems to me the only way to put
>> probe on a specific line is to use kernel.statements(0x....). [...]
> 
> Not so: kernel.statement() accepts the same string-based specification
> of a probe point as kernel.function() does:
> 
>    kernel.statement("*@kernel/signal.c:734")
> 
> The "function" and "statement" terms are intentional and significant.
> 
> - FChE

Thanks. It works :)