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Re: [Bug translator/4935] support on-the-fly probe enable/disable syntax
- From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat at redhat dot com>
- To: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche at redhat dot com>
- Cc: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:56:47 -0500
- Subject: Re: [Bug translator/4935] support on-the-fly probe enable/disable syntax
- References: <20070817183537.4935.fche@redhat.com> <20071116234033.13586.qmail@sourceware.org> <y0mzlx8and0.fsf@ton.toronto.redhat.com>
Hi,
Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
> Hi -
>
>> I developed a patch for the parser and the elabolator to support
>> this syntax. Currently, this just translates the next script; [...]
>> This is the first step of this feature, since this patch does not
>> include optimization code.
>
> It is a fine start. Please merge & commit it. Are you planning to
> write some tests & documentation for this new syntax?
Thanks, I'm writing some tests for this syntax and updating a manual.
I think the most part of documents might be fixed after the optimization
is implemented.
> The optimization wor (automagic probe disable/enable operations) will
> be much bigger, and we should share the work.
Indeed. The arm/disarm-probe methods for each kind of probes are
different. So I think we'd better implement it one by one.
>
> - FChE
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Masami Hiramatsu
Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America) Inc.
Software Solutions Division
e-mail: mhiramat@redhat.com, masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com