Re: perf probe line numbers + CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_SPLIT=y

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 11:03:01PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu escreveu:
> And I found below description in systemtap document(man/error::dwarf.7stap).
> ===
> debuginfo configuration
> Some tools may generate debuginfo that is unsupported by systemtap, such
> as the linux kernel CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_SPLIT (\f2.dwo\f1 files) option.
> Stick with plain ELF/DWARF (optinally split, Fedora-style), if possible.
> ===
 
> So, it seems that elfutils may not support this split debuginfo yet.

Ok, what about detecting that this is the case: .dwo is being used, as
detected by the presence of those .debug_*.dwo ELF sections and then
warning the user that this mode of operation is not supported yet?

- Arnaldo