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error::pass1 - systemtap pass-1 errors DESCRIPTION Errors that occur during pass 1 (parsing) usually mean a basic syntax error of some sort occurred in the systemtap script. There are several classes of problems possible: plain syntax error The systemtap script parser detects a large variety of errors, such as missing operands, bad punctuation. It tries to list what kinds of tokens it was expecting to see, and will show the region of the source code with the problem. Please review the stap(1) man page and/or the tutorial, to correct the script's syntax. grammar ambiguities There is at least one known ambiguity in the systemtap grammar. It relates to the optionality of ; (semicolon) separators between statements, and the ++ and increment/decrement opera‐ tors. If the parser indicates an error, consider adding some explicit ; separators between nearby statements and try again. missing command line arguments
A systemtap script that uses the $N and @N constructs for sub‐
stituting in command-line options may fail if not enough options were given on the stap command line. compatibility changes Some versions of systemtap have changed the language incompati‐ bly, for example by adding the try/catch keywords for exception handling. In such cases, rerun systemtap with the compatibil‐ ity=VERSION option, substituting the last systemtap version where your script was known to work. You may also check the
release-history NEWS file for compatibility changes. GATHERING MORE INFORMATION
Increasing the verbosity of pass-1 with an option such as vp 1 can help pinpoint the problem. SEE ALSO stap(1), error::reporting(7stap) ERROR::PASS1(7stap)