From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12098 invoked by alias); 15 Jan 2009 17:23:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 12089 invoked by uid 22791); 15 Jan 2009 17:23:52 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KAM_MX,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx2.redhat.com (HELO mx2.redhat.com) (66.187.237.31) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:23:21 +0000 Received: from int-mx2.corp.redhat.com (int-mx2.corp.redhat.com [172.16.27.26]) by mx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n0FHNIQI021266; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:23:18 -0500 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx2.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n0FHNI3b001426; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:23:18 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (dhcp-164.hsv.redhat.com [172.16.17.164]) by ns3.rdu.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n0FHNHuZ028634; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:23:18 -0500 Message-ID: <496F7104.9010900@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:56:00 -0000 From: David Smith User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: beginner966 CC: systemtap@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Help required in relation with static probe points, STAP_MARK References: <21481846.post@talk.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <21481846.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact systemtap-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: systemtap-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-q1/txt/msg00152.txt.bz2 beginner966 wrote: > Hi, > > I am a beginner and was trying to use STAP_MARK to create static probe > points in kernel/sched.c. STAP_MARK was an early attempt at static probe points. In current kernels, you can use the built-in marker facility. See for details, which I believe is reasonably up-to-date. -- David Smith dsmith@redhat.com Red Hat http://www.redhat.com 256.217.0141 (direct) 256.837.0057 (fax)