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To: David A Sperry <David_A_Sperry@raytheon.com>
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Subject: Re: Another Newbie question about measuring time in a sys call
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David_A_Sperry wrote:

> [...]
> > AFAIK, top does not perform any file creation.  [...]
> 
> I was lazy and just modified the prinf line.  [...]
> syscall creat count 6772 avg 37 min 32 max 103
> [...]

A glance at src/tapset/syscalls.stp explains the problem.  There, the
"sys_open" function is probed and mislabeled "creat".

- FChE