Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 20:08:54 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Marcus Reid <marcus@blazingdot.com> Cc: Nikolay Denev <ndenev@gmail.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dtrace problem? Message-ID: <20100523200854.00006948@unknown> In-Reply-To: <20100522033117.GB73888@blazingdot.com> References: <20100522014817.GA73888@blazingdot.com> <20100522025444.8FE2F1CC3A@ptavv.es.net> <20100522033117.GB73888@blazingdot.com>
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On Fri, 21 May 2010 20:31:17 -0700 Marcus Reid <marcus@blazingdot.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 07:54:44PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 18:48:17 -0700 > > > From: Marcus Reid <marcus@blazingdot.com> > > > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > > > > > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 09:22:17AM +0300, Nikolay Denev wrote: > > > > On May 21, 2010, at 9:03 AM, Marcus Reid wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > Running a recent RELENG_8 (FreeBSD 8.1-PRERELEASE #0: Tue May > > > > > 18 23:37:37 PDT 2010), I'm having a problem using dtrace. > > > > > For every .d file I attempt to compile, I get: > > > > > > > > > > dtrace: failed to compile script test.d: > > > > > "/usr/lib/dtrace/psinfo.d", line 37: syntax error near "uid_t" > > > > > > > > > > This is my first attempt to use dtrace, so I can't be sure if > > > > > it worked before. It happens with some scripts that can be > > > > > assumed to be valid, so it's not just me. Is it broken for > > > > > anyone else? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > Marcus > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Have you rebuilt your kernel as described here : > > > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/DTrace > > > > > > > > I was once getting "uid_t" errors when my kernel was not > > > > compiled with "WITH_CTF" option. > > > > > > Yes, that would probably be it. The handbook is explicit about > > > building with WITH_CTF=1, so I put it in make.conf. > > > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/dtrace-enable.html > > > > > > Thanks, I'll rebuild without it. > > > > I believe WITH_CTF=1 would probably be placed in /etc/src.conf. > > Ah, right you are. That is, if world could be built with > 'WITH_CTF=1'. That appears to be where my breakage was; you have to > build kernel with it set but world without it. Correct. And additionally: you have to specify it at the command line. Putting it into src.conf or into the kernel config only works on a recent 9-current. Bye, Alexander.
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