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SubjectRe: [PATCH -tip 2/4] perf probe: Fix to use symtab only if no debuginfo
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 03:56:24PM -0400, Masami Hiramatsu escreveu:
>> Fix perf probe to use symtab only if there is no debuginfo,
>> because debuginfo has more precise information than symtab.
>
> "more precise"? Wouldn't it be "more expressive", i.e. with more
> information (parameter list with types, return type, location of
> parameters, etc), because what is common to both have the same value,
> i.e. the function address and size.

Indeed. debuginfo has just more information than symtab, but
symtab certainly provides precise information for symbol-address.

Thank you,


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Masami Hiramatsu
e-mail: mhiramat@redhat.com


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