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-rw-r--r--include/stap-probe.h10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/stap-probe.h b/include/stap-probe.h
index 73b88e6..688646c 100644
--- a/include/stap-probe.h
+++ b/include/stap-probe.h
@@ -30,7 +30,15 @@
Systemtap's header defines the macros STAP_PROBE (provider, name) and
STAP_PROBEn (provider, name, arg1, ..., argn). For "provider" we paste
- in the IN_LIB name (libc, libpthread, etc.) automagically. */
+ in the IN_LIB name (libc, libpthread, etc.) automagically.
+
+ The format of the arg parameters is discussed here:
+
+ https://sourceware.org/systemtap/wiki/UserSpaceProbeImplementation
+
+ The precise details of how register names are specified is
+ architecture specific and can be found in the gdb and SystemTap
+ source code. */
# ifndef NOT_IN_libc
# define IN_LIB libc