On 30 jun 2009, at 18:22, Adam Leventhal wrote:

On Jun 29, 2009, at 1:53 PM, Edward Pilatowicz wrote:
iirc, plockstat relies on dtrace probe points built into libc.  s8
branded processes use the s8 version of libc, and the s8 version of libc doesn't have any built in dtrace probes. so yes, plockstat won't work
on s8 branded processes.


That's correct. What was the failure mode? We could at least emit a helpful
message.


I have no log of the error but if my memory is correct it was something like a missing plockstat$PID:::rwlock probe. ( For $PID insert the numerical pid of the process you want to
probe).

        Paul

Adam

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