OK, so I think you have a build issue, as I can add the run the objcopy line alone and verify the heading was added.
root@ubuntu:/usr/lib/debug# lsb_release -r Release: 12.04 root@ubuntu:/usr/lib/debug# uname -a Linux ubuntu 3.4.0-3-generic #7~lp669641v201205242144 SMP Thu May 24 21:45:43 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@ubuntu:~# objcopy \ > --add-gnu-debuglink=/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/3.4.0-3-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.ko > /lib/modules/3.4.0-3-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.ko root@ubuntu:~# objdump -h /lib/modules/3.4.0-3-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.ko | grep -A2 debuglink 21 .gnu_debuglink 00000010 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00009aae 2**0 CONTENTS, READONLY but systemtap still fumbles over it, no entries found. root@ubuntu:~# stap -l 'module("libiscsi").function("*")' But strace confirms that the debug file was opened stat("/lib/modules/3.4.0-3-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.ko", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=87192, ...}) = 0 open("/lib/modules/3.4.0-3-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.ko", O_RDONLY) = 4 fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=87192, ...}) = 0 close(4) = 0 open("/lib/modules/3.4.0-3-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/.debug/libiscsi.ko", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/3.4.0-3-generic/kernel/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.ko", O_RDONLY) = 4 fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=689768, ...}) = 0 fcntl(4, F_GETFL) = 0x8000 (flags O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=689768, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 689768, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x7faaa4333000 munmap(0x7faaa4333000, 689768) = 0 close(4) = 0 close(4) = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor) So what went wrong? When I go back and apply the script that creates the shadow links to the debug files the result is the same, no output, regardless of the module I choose to test. I think your build is broken. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/669641 Title: systemtap fails to discover installed debug modules To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linaro-ubuntu/+bug/669641/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs