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[Bug tapsets/9953] New: Need to separate the process.* tapsets
- From: "jistone at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 14 Mar 2009 01:09:18 -0000
- Subject: [Bug tapsets/9953] New: Need to separate the process.* tapsets
- Reply-to: sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org
We have two process tapsets:
1: tapset/process.stp, which encapsulates lifetime events of processes from a
kernel perspective; documented in stapprobes.process(5).
2: the process probes in tapsets.cxx, which use utrace to probe userspace
process events; documented in stapprobes(5).
There can be only one!
Or rather, both have their use, but they should not be in the same namespace.
See bug9925 for an example of the confusion this can cause, especially between
the meanings of process.create, process.start, and process.begin.
I suggest that the kernel process tapsets should be renamed to avoid confusion.
Some possible names are "kproc", "kprocess", and "kernel.process". Vote for
your favorite, or submit your own...
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Summary: Need to separate the process.* tapsets
Product: systemtap
Version: unspecified
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: tapsets
AssignedTo: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
ReportedBy: jistone at redhat dot com
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9953
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