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Re: Fwd: probing user space function on Ubuntu
- From: fche at redhat dot com (Frank Ch. Eigler)
- To: Conoscenza Silente <abruzzoforteegentile at gmail dot com>
- Cc: systemtap at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:59:50 -0500
- Subject: Re: Fwd: probing user space function on Ubuntu
- References: <AANLkTinT+h1fj3k2s_jfZu_xqpuCUWj4fDZfTDKdG1Vb@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=1th_3PzNLWMtJhqa=xKzA_5wfQr+Hm8Gr6gYq@mail.gmail.com>
Hi -
abruzzoforteegentile wrote:
> I am completely new to systemtap.
Welcome!
> I work with Ubuntu 10.10
> I would like to probe functions in my application so user-space probing.
> " - semantic error: process probes not available without kernel
> CONFIG_UTRACE while [...]
Right.
> Do you know how to get it and IF it is possible to have that in Ubuntu?
> Was anyone successful?
Yes, several people have built utrace-patched ubuntu kernels in the
past, but I believe we lack a recipe in our wiki page for that.
Here's a PPA though: https://launchpad.net/~speijnik/+archive/utrace-kernel
(We'd love to have ubuntu kernel maintainers consider carrying the patch.)
- FChE