Configuring system tap on ubuntu 13.04, yeah so it will work.. like at all..

systemtap.md

• Install a base server with open ssh server enabled.
• Update the OS.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

• Install developement tools.

sudo apt-get install build-essential

• Install system tap

sudo apt-get install systemtap
sudo apt-get install systemtap-sdt-dev

• Configure debug debian package source.

sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ddebs.list << EOF
deb http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/ quantal          main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/ quantal-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/ quantal-updates  main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/ quantal-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
EOF

• Add the key for the DDEB package source and update.

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys ECDCAD72428D7C01
sudo apt-get update

• Install the debug version of the current kernel.

sudo apt-get install linux-image-$(uname -r)-dbgsym

• Install git.

sudo apt-get install git

• Clone the fork of nodejs owned by @tjfontaine and checkout the systemtap branch.

$ git clone git://github.com/tjfontaine/node.git 
$ cd node
$ git checkout systemtap

• Create a install location for this test install of nodejs

mkdir $HOME/nodejs

• Build nodejs with dtrace support enabled.

./configure --prefix=$HOME/nodejs/head --with-dtrace
make -j5 install

• Run node in another shell, then query the node process for available probes.

$ stap -L 'process("node").mark("*")'
process("node").mark("gc__done") $arg1:long $arg2:long
process("node").mark("gc__start") $arg1:long $arg2:long
process("node").mark("http__client__request") $arg1:long $arg2:long $arg3:long $arg4:long $arg5:long $arg6:long $arg7:long
process("node").mark("http__client__response") $arg1:long $arg2:long $arg3:long $arg4:long
process("node").mark("http__server__request") $arg1:long $arg2:long $arg3:long $arg4:long $arg5:long $arg6:long $arg7:long
process("node").mark("http__server__response") $arg1:long $arg2:long $arg3:long $arg4:long
process("node").mark("net__server__connection") $arg1:long $arg2:long $arg3:long $arg4:long
process("node").mark("net__socket__read") $arg1:long $arg2:long $arg3:long $arg4:long $arg5:long
process("node").mark("net__socket__write") $arg1:long $arg2:long $arg3:long $arg4:long $arg5:long
process("node").mark("net__stream__end") $arg1:long $arg2:long $arg3:long $arg4:long

• Give your logged in user rights to run stap.

$ sudo usermod -a -G stapsys,stapdev,stapusr markw

• Tweak the sources for stap so it doesn't bomb out creating the probes.

markw@ubuntu1210server01:~$ diff /usr/share/systemtap/runtime/uprobes-inode.c /usr/share/systemtap/runtime/uprobes-inode.c.bak
94c94
<   	uprobe_unregister(uc->target->inode, uc->offset,
---
> 		unregister_uprobe(uc->target->inode, uc->offset,
107c107
< 		ret = uprobe_register(uc->target->inode, uc->offset,
---
> 		ret = register_uprobe(uc->target->inode, uc->offset,

• Using these probes I am currently running into the following error.

$ stap --vp 00001 --vp 00001 --vp 00001 --vp 00001 --vp 00001 --vp 00001 -I ~/nodejs/head/share/systemtap/tapset/ -e 'probe node_http_server_request { println(probestr); }'
Pass 5: starting run.
Running /usr/bin/staprun -v -v -R /tmp/staphqkfwG/stap_d99f81d30be4ba5ed701ceb812886f06_3389.ko
staprun:main:385 modpath="/tmp/staphqkfwG/stap_d99f81d30be4ba5ed701ceb812886f06_3389.ko", modname="stap_d99f81d30be4ba5ed701ceb812886f06_3389"
staprun:init_staprun:303 init_staprun
staprun:insert_module:72 inserting module /tmp/staphqkfwG/stap_d99f81d30be4ba5ed701ceb812886f06_3389.ko
staprun:insert_module:98 module options: _stp_bufsize=0
staprun:insert_module:106 module path canonicalized to '/tmp/staphqkfwG/stap_d99f81d30be4ba5ed701ceb812886f06_3389.ko'
staprun:check_signature:428 checking signature for /tmp/staphqkfwG/stap_d99f81d30be4ba5ed701ceb812886f06_3389.ko
Signature file /tmp/staphqkfwG/stap_d99f81d30be4ba5ed701ceb812886f06_3389.ko.sgn not found
staprun:check_signature:441 verify_module returns 0
staprun:insert_module:169 Renaming module 'stap_d99f81d30be4ba5ed701ceb812886f06_3389'
staprun:insert_module:177 Renamed module to 'stap_d99f81d30be4ba5ed701ceb812886f06_3723'
staprun:init_ctl_channel:31 Opened /sys/kernel/debug/systemtap/stap_d99f81d30be4ba5ed701ceb812886f06_3723/.cmd (3)
staprun:remove_module:221 stap_d99f81d30be4ba5ed701ceb812886f06_3723
staprun:init_ctl_channel:31 Opened /sys/kernel/debug/systemtap/stap_d99f81d30be4ba5ed701ceb812886f06_3723/.cmd (3)
Error, 'stap_d99f81d30be4ba5ed701ceb812886f06_3723' is not a zombie systemtap module.
Spawn waitpid result (0x100): 1
WARNING: /usr/bin/staprun exited with status: 1
Pass 5: run completed in 0usr/0sys/11real ms.
Pass 5: run failed.  Try again with another '--vp 00001' option.
Running rm -rf /tmp/staphqkfwG
Spawn waitpid result (0x0): 0

So @tjfontaine says in #libuv..

wolfeida_: do-release-upgrade -d bet it will just work after that :)

And it it fkn did too.. after upgrading to 13.04 I started a simple node.js server in another terminal and ran the following stap one liner.

markw@ubuntu1210server01:~$ stap -I ~/nodejs/head/share/systemtap/tapset/ -e 'probe node_http_server_request { println(probestr); }'
http__server__request(remote=192.168.198.1, port=64913, method=GET, url=/, fd=11)
http__server__request(remote=192.168.198.1, port=64913, method=GET, url=/favicon.ico, fd=11)

Post upgrade I am running.

markw@ubuntu1210server01:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:  Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (development branch)
Release:	13.04
Codename:	raring

Is 13.04 a requirement then? Got servers on 12.04 that I want to use it on.