go-delve/delve · error

eBPF is not supported

Error message

eBPF is not supported

What it means

Error "eBPF is not supported" thrown in go-delve/delve.

Source

Thrown at pkg/proc/breakpoints.go:575

	return BreakpointMap{
		M: make(map[uint64]*Breakpoint),
	}
}

// SetBreakpoint sets a breakpoint at addr, and stores it in the process wide
// break point table.
func (t *Target) SetBreakpoint(logicalID int, addr uint64, kind BreakpointKind, cond ast.Expr) (*Breakpoint, error) {
	return t.setBreakpointInternal(logicalID, addr, kind, 0, cond)
}

// SetEBPFTracepoint will attach a uprobe to the function
// specified by 'fnName'.
func (t *Target) SetEBPFTracepoint(fnName string) error {
	// Not every OS/arch that we support has support for eBPF,
	// so check early and return an error if this is called on an
	// unsupported system.
	if !t.proc.SupportsBPF() {
		return errors.New("eBPF is not supported")
	}
	fns, err := t.BinInfo().FindFunction(fnName)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Get information on the Goroutine so we can tell the
	// eBPF program where to find it in order to get the
	// goroutine ID.
	rdr := t.BinInfo().Images[0].DwarfReader()
	rdr.SeekToTypeNamed("runtime.g")
	typ, err := t.BinInfo().findType("runtime.g")
	if err != nil {
		return errors.New("could not find type for runtime.g")
	}
	var goidOffset int64
	switch t := typ.(type) {
	case *godwarf.StructType:

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/proc/breakpoints.go:575 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of go-delve/delve@a23773e6c3 (2026-08-31). Data as JSON: /api/errors/cf650b205be98c54. Report an issue: GitHub.