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Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/4] kprobe-based symbol resolution for stap-translator

Frank Ch. Eigler wrote: 
- and then some new intelligence in the translator that automatically
  downgrades "kernel.function("...")' probes to 'kernel.kprobe("...")'
  if the probe point & handler does not appear to require debuginfo

This downgrade could only occur for .call variants, right? A plain 'kernel.function("...")' could exist as both a standalone function and as an inline instance if gcc is being clever...

I'm leery even of this though, because it seems there's no way to validate the function name until you actually run it, right?

Josh

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