From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28193 invoked by alias); 12 Jul 2010 19:09:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 28179 invoked by uid 22791); 12 Jul 2010 19:09:45 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SOURCES_REDHAT_COM,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:09:41 +0000 Received: from int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o6CJ9dYm002768 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:09:40 -0400 Received: from fche.csb (vpn-225-54.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.225.54]) by int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o6CJ9dCH026591; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:09:39 -0400 Received: by fche.csb (Postfix, from userid 2569) id 9B0EC58109; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:09:38 -0400 (EDT) To: David Smith Cc: Systemtap List Subject: Re: draft 1.3 release notes References: <4C3627E2.6040602@redhat.com> From: fche@redhat.com (Frank Ch. Eigler) Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:09:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <4C3627E2.6040602@redhat.com> (David Smith's message of "Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:32:50 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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: 2010-q3/txt/msg00060.txt.bz2 David Smith writes: > [...] > The systemtap team announces release 1.3. > > FIXME - better summary? # integrated compile-server client, automatic structure # pretty-printing, much faster & better stack backtraces # (user+kernel space), interesting new sample scripts, # prototype debuginfo-less userspace markers, # kernel versions 2.6.9 through 2.6.35-rc4 > = Where to get it > > http://sourceware.org/systemtap/ - our project page > http://sourceware.org/systemtap/ftp/releases/systemtap-1.3.tar.gz > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=615 > git tag release-1.3 (commit FIXME) It would be nice to include the number of commits since the last release. > o 'stap --server ...' is equivalent to 'stap-client ...' > o 'stap --server-status' is equivalent to 'stap-find-servers' > o 'stap --server-status=online' is equivalent to 'stap-find-servers --all' > o stap-client and its related tools will soon be deprecated. > o the nss-devel and avahi-devel packages are required for building stap with > the integrated client (checked during configuration). > o nss and avahi are required to run the integrated client. (Note renamed options.) > [...] > = Systemtap tapset changes > > FIXME - anything else? As the release wiki page suggests, the git log should be searched for anything new. > = New script examples > > - profiling/errno.stp Show which processes and system calls > return errors most frequently > - io/deviceseeks.stp Histograms of seek behavior for each device > - process/noptrace.stp Disable ptrace(2) from hierarchies of processes > - general/sizeof.stp Print the size of a C type > - profiling/linetimes.stp Show time spent on each line if a function > - process/cycle_thief.stp Track IRQs and other processes stealing > cycles from a task OK. > = Contributors for this release > [...] > = Bugs fixed for this release > [...] (These and some other sections will need a last-minute refresh just as the tags are being made.) > FIXME also list CVEs? RHBZs? Relevant RHBZs are generally duplicated to our bugzilla server, and there have been no CVE's against us lately. > = Test results on various systems > > - After running "sudo make installcheck" from the test suite, on a > suitably equipped machine (kernel debugging data and other stuff > installed), you should see 1000-1100 passes and a small handful of > failures. Those enjoying utrace in their kernels should see several > hundred more passes. The utrace numbers are more like 1400-1600 passes. We should add a utrace-less figure too: 800 or so for a recent RHEL4 run. - FChE