Aravinda, can you use the sial_builtin() API call to install that function from your application?
It seems like this is a particular use case for makedumpfile only.

You should be able to do this like sial.c does it for the curtask() builtin.


   -Luc

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Anderson [mailto:anderson@redhat.com]
Sent: Mon 4/16/2012 2:26 PM
To: Aravinda Prasad
Cc: tachibana@mxm.nes.nec.co.jp; kumagai-atsushi@mxc.nes.nec.co.jp; ananth@in.ibm.com; buendgen@de.ibm.com; Luc Chouinard; crash-utility@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Extend the SIAL built-in functions to include memset function.



----- Original Message -----
> The memset function will be used to specify the virtual address
> and the length of the data to be scrubbed in the dump file when
> the SIAL macro is used with the makedumpfile command. The
> makedumpfile command is currently being enhanced to accept SIAL
> macros to scrub data in the dump file.
>
> When used with crash, SIAL macro using memset function will
> have no effect (as intended as dump file should not be modified).
> This is because the API_PUTMEM call back function implemented
> in crash extension layer is a no-op.

OK, but then I don't understand the point of adding this to the
crash utility's version of libsial?

Dave

>
> Signed-off-by: Aravinda Prasad <aravinda@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  extensions/libsial/sial_builtin.c |   13 +++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/extensions/libsial/sial_builtin.c
> b/extensions/libsial/sial_builtin.c
> index e189f5e..05228a4 100644
> --- a/extensions/libsial/sial_builtin.c
> +++ b/extensions/libsial/sial_builtin.c
> @@ -192,6 +192,18 @@ char p[1024];
>       return sial_setstrval(sial_newval(), p);
>  }
> 
> +value_t *
> +sial_memset(value_t* vaddr, value_t* vch, value_t* vlen)
> +{
> +ull addr=sial_getval(vaddr);
> +int len=sial_getval(vlen);
> +ull ch=sial_getval(vch);
> +
> +     API_PUTMEM(addr, (void *)ch, len);
> +     return sial_makebtype(1);
> +}
> +
> +
>  static builtin *bfuncs=0;
> 
>  /*
> @@ -334,6 +346,7 @@ static btspec_t sialbfuncs[] = {
>       { "void prarr(string name, int i)",     bcast(sial_prarr)},
>       { "int member(void*, string name)",     bcast(sial_ismember)},
>       { "string findsym(string)",             bcast(sial_findsym)},
> +     { "int memset(char*, int, int)",        bcast(sial_memset)},
>  };
> 
> 
>
>