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Date: Mon,  9 Nov 2009 16:47:56 -0800
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From: Roman Shaposhnik <roman@shaposhnik.org>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] dtrace for plan 9
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On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Nathaniel W Filardo <nwf@cs.jhu.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 12:07:22AM +0000, dave.l@mac.com wrote:
>> =A0yet too dangerous due to its possible unbounded runtime
>
> I keep hearing this brought up, but (while I am not an expert) AFAICT, th=
e
> 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. =A0Am I mistaken in my understanding of DTrace?

No, you are not.

Thanks,
Roman.