Can I use SystemTap to debug user space code in Linux ?

Wenji Huang wenji.huang@oracle.com
Fri Apr 10 04:47:00 GMT 2009


Diptopal Basu wrote:
> Can I use Systemtap to debug Linux user space code for ARM
> architecture? This is a requirement for me and I am not able to find
> any suitable open source tool for the same .
> 
> Regards
> Diptopal Basu
Yes, systemtap can debug user space code, but need utrace support in 
kernel. Unfortunately, there is no utrace layer for ARM. See
http://www.redhat.com/archives/utrace-devel/2009-March/msg00191.html

Regards,
Wenji



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