Re: [RFC] systemtap: begin the process of using proper kernel APIs (part1: use kprobe symbol_name/offset instead of address)

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Fri Jul 18 2008 - 09:36:19 EST


Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> I think sysprof (kernel/trace/trace_sysprof.c) already does user-space
> stack unwinding. So pushing that capability further up the chain when a
> second user (stap) comes along makes perfect sense.

oprofile call trace profiling also does it.

-Andi
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