SystemTap needs debug-info package when user-space probing

SystemTap needs debug-info package when user-space probing.E.g.:

 # stap -d /bin/ls --ldd -e 'probe process("ls").function("xmalloc") {print_usyms(ubacktrace())}' -c "ls /"
semantic error: while resolving probe point: identifier 'process' at <input>:1:7
        source: probe process("ls").function("xmalloc") {print_usyms(ubacktrace())}
                      ^

semantic error: no match (similar functions: malloc, calloc, realloc, close, mbrtowc)
Pass 2: analysis failed.  [man error::pass2]

Install coreutils-debuginfo package:

# zypper in coreutils-debuginfo
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following NEW package is going to be installed:
  coreutils-debuginfo

The following package is not supported by its vendor:
  coreutils-debuginfo

1 new package to install.
Overall download size: 2.1 MiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation, additional 18.6 MiB will be used.
Continue? [y/n/? shows all options] (y): y
Retrieving package coreutils-debuginfo-8.22-9.1.x86_64                                                (1/1),   2.1 MiB ( 18.6 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: coreutils-debuginfo-8.22-9.1.x86_64.rpm ...................................................................[done (105.3 KiB/s)]
Checking for file conflicts: ........................................................................................................[done]
(1/1) Installing: coreutils-debuginfo-8.22-9.1 ......................................................................................[done]

Then execute the stap command again:

# stap -d /bin/ls --ldd -e 'probe process("ls").function("xmalloc") {print_usyms(ubacktrace())}' -c "ls /"
bin  boot  dev  etc  home  lib  lib64  lost+found  mnt  opt  proc  root  run  sbin  selinux  srv  sys  tmp  usr  var
 0x4114a0 : xmalloc+0x0/0x20 [/usr/bin/ls]
 0x411674 : xmemdup+0x14/0x30 [/usr/bin/ls]
 0x40ee4a : clone_quoting_options+0x2a/0x40 [/usr/bin/ls]
 0x403828 : main+0xa58/0x2140 [/usr/bin/ls]
 0x7fad37eefb05 : __libc_start_main+0xf5/0x1c0 [/lib64/libc-2.19.so]
 0x404f39 : _start+0x29/0x30 [/usr/bin/ls]
 0x4114a0 : xmalloc+0x0/0x20 [/usr/bin/ls]
 0x411674 : xmemdup+0x14/0x30 [/usr/bin/ls]
 0x40ee4a : clone_quoting_options+0x2a/0x40 [/usr/bin/ls]
 0x403887 : main+0xab7/0x2140 [/usr/bin/ls]
 0x7fad37eefb05 : __libc_start_main+0xf5/0x1c0 [/lib64/libc-2.19.so]
 0x404f39 : _start+0x29/0x30 [/usr/bin/ls]
 0x4114a0 : xmalloc+0x0/0x20 [/usr/bin/ls]
 0x4039e4 : main+0xc14/0x2140 [/usr/bin/ls]
 0x7fad37eefb05 : __libc_start_main+0xf5/0x1c0 [/lib64/libc-2.19.so]
.....

It works now!

 

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