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RE: stucture element variable access problem


Oh, yes it is. That works for me now :)

Thanks
Bibo,mao

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Li Guanglei [mailto:guanglei@cn.ibm.com]
>Sent: 2006年5月19日 12:24
>To: Mao, Bibo
>Cc: systemtap@sources.redhat.com
>Subject: Re: stucture element variable access problem
>
>Mao, Bibo 写道:
>> My kernel version is 2.6.9-36.ELia32, and it will use
>$q->elevator.elevator_name get its name, for kernel >2.6.10
>$q->elevator->elevator_type->elevator_name will be used to get the name.
>> My original meaning is that if variable is structure pointer type, it will
>be ok to access its element like "elevator_type->elevator_name". But if the
>variable is structure type but not pointer type, there will be error to access
>its element like "elevator.elevator_name".
>> In my IA32 and IA64 box, there will be the same error on 2.6.9-36.EL version.
>I do not know whether there is one method to access structure type variable's
>element.
>>
>You should use:
>$q->elevator->elevator_name
>instead of:
>$q->elevator.elevator_name
>
>The following script works well for me on 2.6.9-34.19.EL/ppc64
>
>probe kernel.function("__elv_add_request")
>{
>        elevator_name = kernel_string($q->elevator->elevator_name)
>        printf("%s\n", elevator_name)
>}


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