[Bug runtime/6562] $SYSTEMTAP_DEBUGINFO_PATH does not work

[srinivasa at in dot ibm dot com]

------- Additional Comments From srinivasa at in dot ibm dot com  2008-05-28 15:05 -------
Created an attachment (id=2761)
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Patch to specify absolute path from SYSTEMTAP_DEBUGINFO_PATH variable

This patch makes us to assign absolute path to SYSTEMTAP_DEBUGINFO_PATH
environment variable.
eg:- export SYSTEMTAP_DEBUGINFO_PATH=/home/srini/systemtap/linux-2.6.26-rc3

This will make systemtap to look for vmlinux in SYSTEMTAP_DEBUGINFO_PATH dir
and resolves symbol based on that.

dwfl_linux_kernel_report_offline() of elfutils library allows us to pass
absolute path for searching debuginfo. Incase if SYSTEMTAP_DEBUGINFO_PATH is
not set, systemtap passes kernel_release string and hence debuginfo is searched
in /boot/vmlinux-`uname -r` or /lib/modules/.

Please let me know your comments.

Thanks
 Srinivasa DS 

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