Hi Xiaozhu,

Yes, as I could see, *fileName *was only the name of my app like: *my_app*.
However, the app is in the same folder so I believe it shouldn't have such
problem.. In addition I also tried introducing the absolute path and
the *fileName
*changed to */my/path/my_app *accordingly, although giving the same error.

What else would you recommend me that I try?

Thank you again for all your help,

Alberto Olmo.


2018-04-27 7:36 GMT-06:00 Xiaozhu Meng <[email protected]>:

> Hi Alberto,
>
> The SymtabAPI::Symtab::openFile is intended to open your application, so
> that we know whether your application is 32-bit or 64-bit and we can load
> the corresponding Dyninst runtime. You said that "fileName" is just the
> name of your app. Is it just the file name or it is an actual path to your
> app?  Now, I guess only the file name is passed to the openFile, and your
> app is not actually located in the current directory. Can you try to run
> this in the directory of your app?
>
> I will take a look at the compilation issue.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Xiaozhu
>
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 5:11 AM, Alberto Olmo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Dear Xiaozhu,
>>
>> Thanks to your advice I have managed to know in what lines the problems
>> stems from and, as you pointed out, the error comes from these two lines:
>>
>> bool result = SymtabAPI::Symtab::openFile(symt_obj, fileName);
>>> if( !result ) return false;
>>
>>
>> Apparently, the var *result* becomes 0 after the *openFile* function
>> fails. The value that *symt_obj* has is *0 *(after the call ends) and
>> the *fileName *is just the name of my app. Maybe I am missing
>> something...
>>
>> In addition, I have tried to install the PR that you sent me but I am
>> getting another error while executing the cmake: it cannot find *ddb.db*,
>> *params.db* nor *unistd.db *from *unstrip_src*. I am attaching the whole
>> configure log to this email in the event you wanted to see it.
>>
>> Thank you !
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Alberto Olmo.
>>
>>
>> 2018-04-26 19:17 GMT+02:00 Xiaozhu Meng <[email protected]>:
>>
>>> In setenvPreload, before any of the returning false, there is a 
>>> startup_printf
>>> call, which will print some error message when setting
>>> DYNINST_DEBUG_STARTUP=1. So, you can add startup_printf before that return,
>>> run it again, and see if the corresponding message showed up.
>>>
>>> For the example issue, you can try this PR (
>>> https://github.com/dyninst/dyninst/pull/457), which should fix the
>>> problem.
>>>
>>> Let me know what you find.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 11:18 AM, Alberto Olmo <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Xiaozhu,
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, could you please tell me how I can see if that is the line of
>>>> code that is failing? I believe that should be the one because the error
>>>> message I am getting apparently comes from the *setenvPreload *function,
>>>> but I am not 100% sure,
>>>>
>>>> At first, I tried to install the current master branch but I got an
>>>> error with the *CodeCoverage *example where it said that couldn't find
>>>> it so, I decided to use your tagged versions instead and that problem did
>>>> not appear to me again,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Alberto Olmo.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2018-04-26 15:29 GMT+02:00 Xiaozhu Meng <[email protected]>:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Alberto,
>>>>>
>>>>> I think your errors are caused by function PCProcess::setEnvPreload
>>>>> (in dyninstAPI/src/unix.C) returning false. In this function, there
>>>>> are error loggings for returning false, except for one location (Line 334:
>>>>> bool result = SymtabAPI::Symtab::openFile(symt_obj, fileName); and
>>>>> Line 335: if( !result ) return false;)
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you confirm that it is this line of code causing the error (the
>>>>> line number may differ because I looked at the current master branch)?
>>>>>
>>>>> Another thing to try is to install the current master branch and see
>>>>> if the same error happens.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> --Xiaozhu
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 4:42 AM, Alberto Olmo <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Xiaozhu,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have double checked and both libraries that you pointed out were of
>>>>>> the same version. I have tried to run the program with one or the other 
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> none of them are found by Dyninst (the same error persists). Also, maybe
>>>>>> it's very obvious but, I have noticed if I delete
>>>>>> *DYNINST_API_RT_LIB* and/or *DYNINSTAPI_RT_LIB* environment
>>>>>> variables, the error does not change either.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Finally, I have also installed Dyninst 9.3.0 in a Lubuntu v17.10 32
>>>>>> bit VM and my application seems to work (I haven't been able to make
>>>>>> v9.3.2 work with the Counter Mutator example in Lubuntu) however, I would
>>>>>> like to make it work on the CentOS 7.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All of that makes me think that maybe the problem stems from the
>>>>>> dependencies or something that I am not doing well, but I am definitely 
>>>>>> not
>>>>>> sure as I could install Dyninst in both machines without any errors.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What would you recommend me that I try next?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks again for your help,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alberto Olmo.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2018-04-25 17:27 GMT+02:00 Xiaozhu Meng <[email protected]>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Alberto,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From your log for the successful run, it seems like you have
>>>>>>> multiple instances of Dyninst installed: one in
>>>>>>> /home/aolmo/soft/dyninst-9.3.2/install/lib/ and the other one in
>>>>>>> /usr/local/lib/. Do you know whether these two instances of Dyninst
>>>>>>> are the same version? I would recommend that you ensure that you compile
>>>>>>> your application and run your application with the exact same 
>>>>>>> installation
>>>>>>> of Dyninst.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am not sure whether this is the cause, but it is indeed strange
>>>>>>> that one application can find DyninstRT, but the other one cannot find 
>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --Xiaozhu
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 2:02 AM, Alberto Olmo <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello Xiaozhu,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have doble checked and I don't get much more debug information
>>>>>>>> than the one I sent you in the last email. All I can see is this:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Enabling DyninstAPI startup debug
>>>>>>>>> Enabling DyninstAPI startup debug
>>>>>>>>> Failed to set environment var to preload RT library
>>>>>>>>> --FATAL-- #68: Dyninst was unable to create the specified process
>>>>>>>>> --FATAL-- #68: create process failed bootstrap
>>>>>>>>> DynInst Exception: Process creation failed, Object name: my_app
>>>>>>>>> Creating process my_app in directory ./
>>>>>>>>> [140571584620416]dynProcess.C[85]: stdin: 0, stdout: 1, stderr: 2
>>>>>>>>> Failed to set environment var to preload RT library
>>>>>>>>> --FATAL-- #68: Dyninst was unable to create the specified process
>>>>>>>>> --FATAL-- #68: create process failed bootstrap
>>>>>>>>> DynInst Exception: Process creation failed, Object name: my_app
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have also attached to this email the same log (log.txt) in the
>>>>>>>> event you wanted to see it in a file as well as the logs from a 
>>>>>>>> successful
>>>>>>>> Dyninst execution with a synthetic app, that only counts the number of
>>>>>>>> times a function is called (mutator-counter-log.txt).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What do you think it may be happening?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you very much for your help,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Alberto Olmo.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2018-04-24 17:19 GMT+02:00 Alberto Olmo <[email protected]>:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Xiaozhu,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I currently don't have access to the machine where I have Dyninst
>>>>>>>>> installed. I will send the debugging log tomorrow if you don't mind,
>>>>>>>>> I am using a 64 bit CentOS 7,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your rapid response,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Alberto Olmo.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2018-04-24 16:49 GMT+02:00 Xiaozhu Meng <[email protected]>:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Alberto,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> What's your platform (windows or linux; 32bit or 64bit)? Could
>>>>>>>>>> you send me the debugging log from DYNINST_DEBUG_STARTUP=1?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --Xiaozhu
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 4:49 AM, Alberto Olmo <
>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> To whom it may concern,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> My name is Alberto, a student at the Universitat Autonoma de
>>>>>>>>>>> Barcelona, and I am currently trying to install the Dyninst API in 
>>>>>>>>>>> order to
>>>>>>>>>>> use it in another application. I have been able to install version 
>>>>>>>>>>> 9.3.2
>>>>>>>>>>> and its dependencies and test it with a small program which counts 
>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>> number of times a function is called. It works correctly.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> However, now I am trying to use it in another application which
>>>>>>>>>>> (I think) needs to call BPatch::processCreate and I get the 
>>>>>>>>>>> following
>>>>>>>>>>> errors:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Failed to set environment var to preload RT library
>>>>>>>>>>>> --FATAL-- #68: Dyninst was unable to create the specified
>>>>>>>>>>>> process
>>>>>>>>>>>> --FATAL-- #68: create process failed bootstrap
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> DynInst Exception: Process creation failed, Object name: my_app
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I do have exported variables *DYNINSTAPI_RT_LIB* and
>>>>>>>>>>> *DYNINST_API_RT_LIB* to point to *libdyninstAPI_RT.so* (I think
>>>>>>>>>>> depending on the Dyninst version one or the other is needed) as 
>>>>>>>>>>> well as set
>>>>>>>>>>> the flag *DYNINST_DEBUG_STARTUP=1* to get more information
>>>>>>>>>>> about the problem.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I have also tried with older versions but the error I get is
>>>>>>>>>>> exactly the same,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> What would you recommend me that I try?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I would really appreciate any help you could provide me,
>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you very much in advance and sorry for the inconveniences,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Alberto Olmo.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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