dtrace4linux/linux — Issue #20: dtrace -P syscall results in infinite loop
Author: msabramo
Created: 2012-03-02 18:02:51+00:00
State: open

```
marca@ubuntu:~/src/dtrace4linux/newlinux/tests$ sudo dtrace -P syscall | wc -l
dtrace: description 'syscall' matched 668 probes
^Cmarca@ubuntu:~/src/dtrace4linux/newlinux/tests$ date; sudo dtrace -P syscall | wc -l
Fri Mar 2 09:58:59 PST 2012
dtrace: description 'syscall' matched 668 probes
^C
marca@ubuntu:~/src/dtrace4linux/newlinux/tests$ date
Fri Mar 2 09:59:40 PST 2012
### Notice that almost a minute went by... ###
marca@ubuntu:~/src/dtrace4linux/newlinux/tests$ date; sudo dtrace -P syscall | grep 276348
Fri Mar 2 09:59:59 PST 2012
dtrace: description 'syscall' matched 668 probes
0 276348 write:return
0 276348 write:return
0 276348 write:return
0 276348 write:return
0 276348 write:return
0 276348 write:return
0 276348 write:return
0 276348 write:return
0 276348 write:return
### Notice that it's repeating probes... ###
```