misc/166922: Wildcarded dtrace probe names not always working

[Ryan Stone]

>Number:         166922
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       Wildcarded dtrace probe names not always working
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Apr 13 21:40:06 UTC 2012
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>Originator:     Ryan Stone
>Release:        STABLE-8
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>Description:
I tried dtrace -p <pid> -n 'pid$target:libc*:malloc:entry', but it didn't match any probes.  dtrace -p <pid> -n 'pid$target:libc.so.7:malloc:entry worked.

On the other hand, dtrace -p <pid> -n 'database*:::' did match probes.  Go figure.
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