ERROR::PASS2(7stap)ERROR::PASS2(7stap)NAMEerror::pass2 - systemtap pass-2 errors
DESCRIPTION
Errors that occur during pass 2 (elaboration) can have a variety of
causes. Common types include:
unavailable probe point classes
Some types of probe points are only available on certain system
versions, architectures, and configurations. For example, user-
space process.* probes may require utrace or uprobes capability
in the kernel for this architecture.
unavailable probe points
Some probe points may be individually unavailable even when
their class is fine. For example, kprobe.function("foobar") may
fail if function foobar does not exist in the kernel any more.
Debugging or symbol data may be absent for some types of .func‐
tion or .statement probes; check for availability of debuginfo.
Try the stap-prep program to download possibly-required debug‐
info. Use a wildcard parameter such as stap -l 'kprobe.func‐
tion("*foo*")' to locate still-existing variants. Use ! or ?
probe point suffixes to denote optional / preferred-alterna‐
tives, to let the working parts of a script continue.
typos There might be a spelling error in the probe point name ("syc‐
sall" vs. "syscall"). Wildcard probes may not find a match at
all in the tapsets. Recheck the names using stap -l PROBEPOINT.
Another common mistake is to use the . operator instead of the
correct -> when dereferencing context variable subfields or
pointers: $foo->bar->baz even if in C one would say
foo->bar.baz.
unavailable context variables
Systemtap scripts often wish to refer to variables from the con‐
text of the probed programs using $variable notation. These
variables may not always be available, depending on versions of
the compiler, debugging/optimization flags used, architecture,
etc. Use stap -L PROBEPOINT to list available context variables
for given probes. Use the @defined() expression to test for the
resolvability of a context variable expression. Consider using
the stap --skip-badvars option to silently replace misbehaving
context variable expressions with zero.
GATHERING MORE INFORMATION
Increasing the verbosity of pass-2 with an option such as --vp 02 can
help pinpoint the problem.
SEE ALSOstap(1),
stap-prep(1),
stapprobes(3stap),
probe::*(3stap),
error::dwarf(7stap),
error::inode-uprobes(7stap),
warning::debuginfo(7stap),
error::reporting(7stap)ERROR::PASS2(7stap)
