[issue4111] Add DTrace probes

[Robert Kern]

Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> added the comment:

Skip, it doesn't appear that the ustack helper is getting incorporated
into the OS X build anywhere. This rule is obviously wrong (compiling
the wrong input file with the wrong flags):

Include/phelper.h: $(srcdir)/Include/phelper.d
	dtrace -o $@ $(DFLAGS) -C -h -s $(srcdir)/Python/python.d

I *think* it should be something along these lines:

Include/phelper.h: $(srcdir)/Include/phelper.d
	dtrace -o $@ -DPHELPER $(DFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -C -h -s
$(srcdir)/Include/phelper.d

There are some static functions in the standard system headers that get
pulled in that need to be avoided. The #define _SYS_STAT_H up at the top
avoids similar problems on Solaris. I'm working through the OS X headers
now, but I'm stuck on trying to avoid sys/_structs.h. Unfortunately, it
does not have the #ifndef _SYS__STRUCTS_H magic up at the top that would
allow me to do so, nor any convenient #ifdefs around the offending
declaration. <sigh>

Even if that would work, phelper.h is not #included anywhere. I'm not
really sure where it needs to go. On Solaris, the object file gets
linked in, but on OS X, you don't generate an object file; you just
#include the .h. Somewhere. I'm guessing where the pydtrace.h is
currently, but I don't really know. John, do you have any insights?

Also, s/DTRADEHDRS/DTRACEHDRS/

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