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* [Bug releng/14655] New: kallsyms_lookup_name is not exported by kernel versions prior to 2.6.33
@ 2012-10-02  8:26 alexander.lochmann@tu-dortmund.de
  2012-10-02  9:10 ` [Bug releng/14655] " alexander.lochmann@tu-dortmund.de
                   ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: alexander.lochmann@tu-dortmund.de @ 2012-10-02  8:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
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http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14655

             Bug #: 14655
           Summary: kallsyms_lookup_name is not exported by kernel
                    versions prior to 2.6.33
           Product: systemtap
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: releng
        AssignedTo: systemtap@sourceware.org
        ReportedBy: alexander.lochmann@tu-dortmund.de
    Classification: Unclassified


The current systemtap release uses "kallsyms_lookup_name" which is exported by
the kernel since version 2.6.33.
If a version prior to this one is used, the compilation of a script just places
a warning "WARNING: "kallsyms_lookup_name" [/tmp/stapu1Ne9G/alexv8.ko]
undefined!".
Loading the modules will fail because of an undefined symbol.
I used the linux kernel 2.6.29 (android qemu)..

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* [Bug releng/14655] kallsyms_lookup_name is not exported by kernel versions prior to 2.6.33
  2012-10-02  8:26 [Bug releng/14655] New: kallsyms_lookup_name is not exported by kernel versions prior to 2.6.33 alexander.lochmann@tu-dortmund.de
@ 2012-10-02  9:10 ` alexander.lochmann@tu-dortmund.de
  2012-10-03 21:22 ` dsmith at redhat dot com
  2012-10-09 18:46 ` fche at redhat dot com
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: alexander.lochmann@tu-dortmund.de @ 2012-10-02  9:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: systemtap


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14655

--- Comment #1 from Alex Lochmann <alexander.lochmann@tu-dortmund.de> 2012-10-02 09:10:11 UTC ---
Created attachment 6661
  --> http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=6661
first draft for a patch

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* [Bug releng/14655] kallsyms_lookup_name is not exported by kernel versions prior to 2.6.33
  2012-10-02  8:26 [Bug releng/14655] New: kallsyms_lookup_name is not exported by kernel versions prior to 2.6.33 alexander.lochmann@tu-dortmund.de
  2012-10-02  9:10 ` [Bug releng/14655] " alexander.lochmann@tu-dortmund.de
@ 2012-10-03 21:22 ` dsmith at redhat dot com
  2012-10-09 18:46 ` fche at redhat dot com
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: dsmith at redhat dot com @ 2012-10-03 21:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: systemtap


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14655

David Smith <dsmith at redhat dot com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |dsmith at redhat dot com

--- Comment #2 from David Smith <dsmith at redhat dot com> 2012-10-03 21:22:00 UTC ---
I've taken a look at your patch.  I know this is a first draft, but it misses
use of kallsyms_lookup_name() in runtime/stp_task_work.c and
runtime/transport/transport.c.

In general, kernel version checks don't work well.  Systemtap tries to work
with so many kernels, which may or may not have a feature enabled, backported,
etc. to it.

Here's a possible different approach. Instead of a kernel version check, do an
output_exportconf() test to see if kallsyms_lookup_name is exported (in
buildrun.cxx).  If not, define STAPCONF_KALLSYMS_LOOKUP_NAME_UNEXPORTED (or
some better name).  If that is defined, define a dummy kallsyms_lookup_name()
function in the runtime that either warns or errors and always returns NULL.

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* [Bug releng/14655] kallsyms_lookup_name is not exported by kernel versions prior to 2.6.33
  2012-10-02  8:26 [Bug releng/14655] New: kallsyms_lookup_name is not exported by kernel versions prior to 2.6.33 alexander.lochmann@tu-dortmund.de
  2012-10-02  9:10 ` [Bug releng/14655] " alexander.lochmann@tu-dortmund.de
  2012-10-03 21:22 ` dsmith at redhat dot com
@ 2012-10-09 18:46 ` fche at redhat dot com
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: fche at redhat dot com @ 2012-10-09 18:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
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http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14655

Frank Ch. Eigler <fche at redhat dot com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |fche at redhat dot com
         Resolution|                            |FIXED

--- Comment #3 from Frank Ch. Eigler <fche at redhat dot com> 2012-10-09 18:45:51 UTC ---
commit 15cf950

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