Creating a Speculation

The speculation() function allocates a speculative buffer and returns a speculation identifier. Use the speculation identifier in subsequent calls to the speculate() function. A speculation identifier of zero is always invalid, but can be passed to speculate(), commit() or discard(). If a call to speculation() fails, the dtrace command generates a message that is similar to the following example.

dtrace: 2 failed speculations (no speculative buffer space available)