From: SASADA Koichi <ko1@...>
Date: 2012-07-29T12:02:44+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:46849] Re: [ruby-trunk - Feature #2565] adding hooks for better tracing

Sorry for late response.

(2012/07/19 3:52), tenderlovemaking (Aaron Patterson) wrote:
>   https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/projects/ruby/wiki/DTraceProbes

my comments:

> ruby:::function-entry(classname, methodname, filename, lineno);
> ruby:::function-return(classname, methodname, filename, lineno);

set_trace_func spearates "call" and "c-call" (and return).
No need to separate on dtrace?

> ruby:::require-entry(requiredfile, filename, lineno);
> ruby:::require-return(filename);
> ruby:::load-entry(loadedfile, filename, lineno);
> ruby:::load-return(filename);

Do we need `require' and `load' both needed? (It depends on usecase)
What happen on exception?
(There is a same question on `function-entry')

> ruby:::object-create-start(classname, filename, lineno);
> ruby:::object-create-done(classname, filename, lineno);

(1) How to detect object creation and finish of creation?
(2) I can't accept your patch on insns.def on string and array.

IIRC, you suggest that String creation trace and Array creation trace
and so on.  I write examples:

  ruby:::string-create(filename, lineno, size)
  ruby:::array-create(filename, lineno, size)
  ruby:::hash-create(filename, lineno, size)
  ruby:::object-create(filename, lineno, classname)

  size is string or array size.
  classname is a classname of object.

I'm not sure we need string-modified (size) are needed.

ruby:::object-collected(object_id) will be help.  To use it correctly,
object-create needs to pass object_id.  But it will be complicated.

> ruby:::gc-begin();
> ruby:::gc-end();

How to define GC begin and end?

> ruby:::gc-sweep-begin();
> ruby:::gc-sweep-end();

How to define GC sweep begin and end?

> ruby:::line(filename, lineno);

Your patch depends on the `trace' instruction.  I plan to remove `trace'
instruction on default (if I can implement it).  It will conflicts with
your proposed patch.
Or I shouldn't make such optimizations?

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