Registering a probe to a kernel module using Systemtap

I was trying to register a probe on a function of a kernel module of mine using Systemtap. The .stp file was fairly simple:

$> cat mymod.stp
probe module("mymodule").function("myfunction") {
  now_time = gettimeofday_ns()
  print(now_time, "\n")
}

When I was trying to register the probe, Systemtap kept failing:

$> sudo stap mymod.stp
semantic error: while resolving probe point: identifier 'module' at mymod.stp:1:7
        source: probe module("mymodule").function("myfunction") {
                      ^

semantic error: no match

Pass 2: analysis failed.  [man error::pass2]

Yet my module was properly loaded:

$> lsmod | grep mymodule
mymodule               40960  0

And the symbol was valid:

$> grep myfunction /proc/kallsyms
0000000000000000 t myfunction    [mymodule]

Turns out you have to actually install the probe under /lib/modules/KERNEL_VERSION for Systemtap to be able to register the probe on it. The final fix:

$> sudo rmmod mymodule
$> sudo install ~/build/mymodule.ko /lib/modules/4.5.0/extra/
$> sudo modprobe mymodule

Be sure to replace 4.5.0 by your current kernel's version:

$> sudo install ~/build/mymodule.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/

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