Re: [QUESTION] Can uprobe_event support @ADDR, $retval, offs(FETCHARG)?

[Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

> 
> Perhaps, it is not so small things, but at least, we can try.
> In the userspace, memories(pages) can be paged out on swap or
> files. In that case, memory dereference function needs to track
> down the data on the disk and it causes I/O. This means we will
> see the visible performance degradation with tracing.
> And also, sometime a pointer value (address) is broken, in that
> case we have to ensure the address is actually valid before
> accessing it.
> 
> Of cause, without tracking paged-out data, it is easy
> to support, because that is already done in kprobe event.
> I'm not sure how it is useful, because sometimes it will
> fail to access gather the data.
> However it is good for the first step, I think.
> 
> Srikar, what would you think?

I think we should do the best effort basis first. i.e support for
tracking data thats not paged out.
Most times the data that is requested tends to the hot data.

We could look at supporting data that is paged out later.

> 
> BTW, if we can support offs(FETCHARGS), $stack and $stackN
> are also available. ;)
> 

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Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju