Bug 29986 - kernel.function can not work on fedora34 with aarch64 architecture
Summary: kernel.function can not work on fedora34 with aarch64 architecture
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: systemtap
Classification: Unclassified
Component: translator (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
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Reported: 2023-01-11 08:44 UTC by lijunlong
Modified: 2023-06-08 11:02 UTC (History)
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Description lijunlong 2023-01-11 08:44:02 UTC
OS: 5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64
stap verion: Systemtap translator/driver (version 4.9/0.186, release-4.8-15-gdf41f00d).   (built from the source code)


Use stap -l to list the kernel functions, it will throw errors like below.


stap -vv -l 'kernel.function("vfs_*")'  
Systemtap translator/driver (version 4.9/0.186, release-4.8-15-gdf41f00d)
Copyright (C) 2005-2022 Red Hat, Inc. and others
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
tested kernel versions: 2.6.32 ... 6.1.0-rc3
enabled features: LIBXML2 NLS
Created temporary directory "/tmp/staptw6f30"
Session arch: arm64 release: 5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64
Build tree: "/lib/modules/5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64/build"
Searched for library macro files: "/usr/local/openresty-stap/share/systemtap/tapset/linux", found: 7, processed: 7
Searched for library macro files: "/usr/local/openresty-stap/share/systemtap/tapset", found: 11, processed: 11
Searched: "/usr/local/openresty-stap/share/systemtap/tapset/linux/arm64", found: 2, processed: 2
Searched: "/usr/local/openresty-stap/share/systemtap/tapset/linux", found: 413, processed: 413
Searched: "/usr/local/openresty-stap/share/systemtap/tapset/arm64", found: 1, processed: 1
Searched: "/usr/local/openresty-stap/share/systemtap/tapset", found: 40, processed: 40
Pass 1: parsed user script and 474 library scripts using 119052virt/104412res/9336shr/94904data kb, in 100usr/30sys/149real ms.
derive-probes (location #0): kernel.function("vfs_*") of keyword at <input>:1:1
semantic error: resolution failed in DWARF builder
   thrown from: elaborate.cxx:1094
semantic error: resolution failed in DWARF builder
   thrown from: elaborate.cxx:1094
semantic error: while resolving probe point: identifier 'kernel' at <input>:1:7
   thrown from: elaborate.cxx:1082
        source: probe kernel.function("vfs_*") {}
                      ^

semantic error: no match
   thrown from: elaborate.cxx:1045
Pass 2: analyzed script: 0 probes, 0 functions, 0 embeds, 0 globals using 121052virt/107052res/9948shr/96904data kb, in 150usr/10sys/149real ms.
Running rm -rf /tmp/staptw6f30
Spawn waitpid result (0x0): 0
Removed temporary directory "/tmp/staptw6f30"
Comment 1 William Cohen 2023-01-11 15:20:44 UTC
The kernel.function("*") probes are going to need the kernel-debuginfo* rpms.  What is the output of:

rpm -qa |grep kernel-

Are there kernel-debuginfo and kernel-debuginfo-common that match the kernel-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64 that is currently running?

I set up a fc34 machine locally and found that the kernels that were installed were kernel-5.17.12-100.fc34.aarch64, a later version that used in this bug.  Most of the rpm repos remove the older versions of the debuginfo for pacage and you may need to download the matching kernel-debuginfo-* rpms directly from koji rather than using the stap-prep command as stap-prep won't find the appropriate kernel-debuginfo* rpms.
Comment 2 Frank Ch. Eigler 2023-01-11 16:00:04 UTC
(why wouldn't stap-prep work on arm64?)
Comment 3 William Cohen 2023-01-11 17:04:49 UTC
The problem isn't stap-prep or that things are running on aarch64, but rather than various RPM repos purge the older versions debuginfo.  Able to install kernel-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64.rpm, but no matching debuginfo found:

[root@ampere-mtsnow-altramax-03-vm-04 ~]# dnf install kernel-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64
Last metadata expiration check: 1:48:23 ago on Wed 11 Jan 2023 10:13:12 AM EST.
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================
 Package            Arch        Version                 Repository         Size
================================================================================
Installing:
 kernel             aarch64     5.11.12-300.fc34        beaker-Fedora     151 k
Installing dependencies:
 kernel-core        aarch64     5.11.12-300.fc34        beaker-Fedora      38 M
 kernel-modules     aarch64     5.11.12-300.fc34        beaker-Fedora      26 M

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install  3 Packages

Total download size: 64 M
Installed size: 126 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/3): kernel-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64.rpm      3.7 MB/s | 151 kB     00:00    
(2/3): kernel-modules-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64.  43 MB/s |  26 MB     00:00    
(3/3): kernel-core-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64.rpm  47 MB/s |  38 MB     00:00    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                            80 MB/s |  64 MB     00:00     
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                        1/1 
  Installing       : kernel-core-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64                   1/3 
  Running scriptlet: kernel-core-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64                   1/3 
  Installing       : kernel-modules-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64                2/3 
  Running scriptlet: kernel-modules-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64                2/3 
  Installing       : kernel-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64                        3/3 
  Running scriptlet: kernel-core-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64                   3/3 
  Running scriptlet: kernel-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64                        3/3 
  Verifying        : kernel-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64                        1/3 
  Verifying        : kernel-core-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64                   2/3 
  Verifying        : kernel-modules-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64                3/3 

Installed:
  kernel-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64          kernel-core-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64 
  kernel-modules-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64 

Complete!
[root@ampere-mtsnow-altramax-03-vm-04 ~]# dnf debuginfo-install kernel-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64
enabling fedora-cisco-openh264-debuginfo repository
enabling fedora-modular-debuginfo repository
enabling updates-debuginfo repository
enabling updates-modular-debuginfo repository
Last metadata expiration check: 1:49:10 ago on Wed 11 Jan 2023 10:13:12 AM EST.
Could not find debuginfo package for the following installed packages: kernel-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64
Could not find debugsource package for the following installed packages: kernel-5.11.12-300.fc34.aarch64
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!
Comment 4 lijunlong 2023-01-12 01:53:32 UTC
I am sorry I did not install the kernel-debuginfo package.
I will update to the latest kernel and install the kernel-debuginfo.
Comment 5 lijunlong 2023-01-12 01:54:56 UTC
Can stap give an accurate error message on this?
Comment 6 William Cohen 2023-01-12 19:42:53 UTC
Were you successful in getting a matching debuginfo for the kernel installed and getting systemtap working?
Comment 7 William Cohen 2023-06-08 11:02:54 UTC
This appears to be a missing or missmatched kernel-debugfino rpm.  On aarch64 Fedora 38 this worked for me with both the offical systemtap-4.8-3.fc38.aarch64 and a locally built systemtap from git commit fc6519089d3f9366470ce442b648d69ed9b56f53.