Re: [PATCH -tip 2/4] perf probe: Fix to use symtab only if nodebuginfo

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 02:59:36PM -0400, Masami Hiramatsu escreveu:
> Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > Em Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 03:56:24PM -0400, Masami Hiramatsu escreveu:
> >> Fix perf probe to use symtab only if there is no debuginfo,
> >> because debuginfo has more precise information than symtab.
> > 
> > "more precise"? Wouldn't it be "more expressive", i.e. with more
> > information (parameter list with types, return type, location of
> > parameters, etc), because what is common to both have the same value,
> > i.e. the function address and size.
> 
> Indeed. debuginfo has just more information than symtab, but
> symtab certainly provides precise information for symbol-address.

I applied the patch, just replaced "more precise information" with "more
information".

- Arnaldo
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