Description of problem: systemtap's new direct kernel tracepoint support requires access to the trace/*.h header files within the kernel-devel package. A .spec patch is going into fedora very soon; the same thing just needs to be put into rhel5. This should moot bug #465543 by making the marker-conversion module unnecessary. This should be a zero-risk change, since we're only asking to package a few preexisting header files within the kernel-devel rpm. No source code changes are contemplated.
Created attachment 334983 [details] untested patch to include the includ/trace directory in kernel-devel pkg
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posted 3/27/09
in kernel-2.6.18-139.el5 You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5 Please do NOT transition this bugzilla state to VERIFIED until our QE team has sent specific instructions indicating when to do so. However feel free to provide a comment indicating that this fix has been verified.
I confirmed that systemtap sees all tracepoints OOTB in kernel-2.6.18-139.el5 on i686 and x86_64. Thanks!
*** Bug 494950 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1243.html