dtrace: update NEWS and spec file

Update the NEWS file with information about FBT (new feature) and
the preemption issue (bug fix).

Update spec file with changelog entry for FBT.

Signed-off-by: Kris Van Hees <kris.van.hees@oracle.com>

diff --git a/dtrace/NEWS b/dtrace/NEWS
index 804a7cce4b6c5c16cdd21a5be50fa7b1c99c1d2b..b5e9fbd6d3d6a107bd8d89c4609af2e8ed819548 100644 (file)
--- a/dtrace/NEWS
+++ b/dtrace/NEWS
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ New features:
    Per-provider wrappers for DTRACE_PROBE_ENABLED() can be used, as with
    DTRACE_PROBE() itself.
 
+ - Function boundary tracing (FBT) is supported in a limited fashion.  For
+   now, it is limited to the entry point functions for system calls.  This
+   limitation will be lifted as soon as possible.
+
+Bugfixes:
+
+ - Due to a logic error in preemption handling, it was possible that code was
+   being executed under the assumption that preemption was disabled when in
+   fact it was not.
+
 Release 0.5.3 (May 25th, 2016)
 ------------------------------
 Kernel release: 4.1.12-43.el6uek

diff --git a/dtrace/dtrace-module.spec b/dtrace/dtrace-module.spec
index ea49da5675ec0e3862cd20eee7dbbf151b5556db..1889764a0cbfe01de4c6a8207c355e432758c2e1 100644 (file)
--- a/dtrace/dtrace-module.spec
+++ b/dtrace/dtrace-module.spec
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 * Mon Dec 19 2016 - <nick.alcock@oracle.com> - 0.6.0-1
 - USDT for SPARC. [Orabug: 24455245]
 - Is-enabled probes for SDT [Orabug: 25143173]
+- Function boundary tracing (FBT) [Orabug: 21220305]
 - Add improved multi-argument DTRACE_PROBE macro [Orabug: 24678897]
 - Detemine SDT (including perf-event) argument types dynamically
   [Orabug: 24661801]