Question about kernel module debug

[Frank Ch. Eigler]

Yuxin_Zhuang@emc.com writes:

> What do you mean by " There should be no need for the .ko.debug file
> if the basic .ko file was not stripped. "??  Does it means that
> systemtap will get the debug information from the .ko file and will
> not look for the .ko.debug file on the three search paths??

That's right.

> But when the .ko.debug symlink is removed, the result of strace
> shows that without finding the '.ko.debug' file on the three search
> paths systemtap just fails. Saying 'r_offset is bogus'.

That's not right (elfutils error DWFL_E_BADRELOFF).  It's as if
something has corrupted the data.  Please describe the toolchain
version, architecture, and anything else that may be unusual about the
build process.

- FChE