error::pass3(7stap)

error::pass37stap

Systemtap pass-3 errors

Overview

Errors during pass 3 (translation) occur only rarely.

unsupported code generation

Some script language constructs are not available in every probe point. For example, the @perf() counter-reading function may only be used in process.* probes.

Gathering more information

Increasing the verbosity of pass-3 with an option such as --vp 002 may help pinpoint the problem.

Releases

Unchanged in 7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie).

  1. 8–Arch

From systemtap 5.6-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.