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Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 00:47:57 +0200
From: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
To: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH tracing/kprobes v2 1/5] tracing/kprobes: Rename special
	variables syntax
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On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 10:23:50AM -0400, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> OK, so here are syntax ideas
> 
> * current syntax
> <Ftrace>
> - $sp_var
> - %regs
> - @symbol
> <Perf>
> - local_var


This one looks good.
And why not turning @symbol into symbol?
Then it's up to perf probe to find the right
target.

And @ can be used for raw addresses?

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