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Subject: Re: [9fans] dtrace for plan 9
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> > I keep hearing this brought up, but (while I am not an expert) AFAICT, the
> > runtime for each D hook should be strictly bounded by the number of
> > instructions lobbed in, since D does not (without root override, perhaps?)
> > support backwards jumps.  Am I mistaken in my understanding of DTrace?
>
> You are right. I don't think runtime is unbounded. At the same time,
> I'm still trying to locate example scripts to get an idea of how
> complex it is. I'm talking to people at sun to get a handle on the
> question.

before we go all crazy, has anyone else tried ron's
great tracing?

- erik