[dtrace-discuss] Accessing variables in shared libraries

[Seth Goldberg]

> On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 01:11:08PM -0700, Seth Goldberg wrote:
>>   That's also OK, if that syntax worked (unless I messed up the syntax).  I
>> have no problem doing something like:
>>
>>   printf("%u", *(uint64_t *)copyin(libc.so.1`set_lock_count));
>
> Oh, I see what you mean.  I've no idea if DTrace supports references to
> non-function symbols in user-land; I suspect it does not.

   That would be a bummer, but would be fine, if only the error message were 
better (and yes, I can file a bug on that if n one is aware of a preexisting, 
similar one -- a bug query didn't reveal anything close though, but we all 
know how efficient the full text search is).

  --S