---
name: "pt-eustack-resolver"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "percona-toolkit"
version: "3.7.1_4-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pt-eustack-resolver"
---

# pt-eustack-resolver(1p)

Get stack traces for a selected program with "eu-stack" and resolve symbols.

## NAME

pt-eustack-resolver - Get stack traces for a selected program with "eu-stack"  and resolve symbols.

## SYNOPSIS

Usage: pt-eustack-resolver PID

pt-eustack-resolver collects stack traces for the process with specified `"PID"`.

## RISKS

Percona Toolkit is mature, proven in the real world, and well tested, but all database tools can pose a risk to the system and the database server.  Before using this tool, please:

- •

  Read the tool's documentation

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  Review the tool's known "BUGS"

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  Test the tool on a non-production server

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  Backup your production server and verify the backups

## DESCRIPTION

pt-eustack-resolver is the tool that gets stack traces for a selected program  with `"eu-stack"` and resolves symbols. This is companion tool for pt-pmp, called when option `"--dumper=pteu"` is specified.

`"eu-stack"` is a tool from elfutils \<https://sourceware.org/elfutils\> package that  prints a stack for each thread in a process or core file. `"eu-stack"` is faster  than gdb and have smaller overhead on the diagnosed process.

## OUTPUT

Stack for each thread, formatted similarly to `"gdb thread apply all bt"` output.

## OPTIONS

This tool accepts additional command-line arguments.  Refer to the "SYNOPSIS" and usage information for details.

- \--help

  Show help and exit.

- \--version

  Show version and exit.

## ATTENTION

Using \<PTDEBUG\> might expose passwords. When debug is enabled, all command line parameters are shown in the output.

## SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

You need `"eu-stack"` from the elfutils \<https://sourceware.org/elfutils\> package.

## BUGS

For a list of known bugs, see \<https://jira.percona.com/projects/PT/issues\>.

Please report bugs at \<https://jira.percona.com/projects/PT\>. Include the following information in your bug report:

- •

  Complete command-line used to run the tool

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  Tool "--version"

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  MySQL version of all servers involved

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  Output from the tool including STDERR

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  Input files (log/dump/config files, etc.)

If possible, include debugging output by running the tool with `"PTDEBUG"`; see "ENVIRONMENT".

## DOWNLOADING

Visit \<http://www.percona.com/software/percona-toolkit/\> to download the latest release of Percona Toolkit.  Or, get the latest release from the command line:

```
   wget percona.com/get/percona-toolkit.tar.gz
   wget percona.com/get/percona-toolkit.rpm
   wget percona.com/get/percona-toolkit.deb
```

You can also get individual tools from the latest release:

```
   wget percona.com/get/TOOL
```

Replace `"TOOL"` with the name of any tool.

## AUTHORS

Alexey Stroganov

## ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Part of code for symbol resolving derived from resolve-stack-traces.pl script (https://github.com/knielsen/knielsen-pmp)

## ABOUT PERCONA TOOLKIT

This tool is part of Percona Toolkit, a collection of advanced command-line tools for MySQL developed by Percona.  Percona Toolkit was forked from two projects in June, 2011: Maatkit and Aspersa.  Those projects were created by Baron Schwartz and primarily developed by him and Daniel Nichter.  Visit \<http://www.percona.com/software/\> to learn about other free, open-source software from Percona.

## COPYRIGHT, LICENSE, AND WARRANTY

This program is copyright 2017-2026 Percona LLC and/or its affiliates.

THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2; OR the Perl Artistic License.  On UNIX and similar systems, you can issue \`man perlgpl' or \`man perlartistic' to read these licenses.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License, version 2 along with this program; if not, see \<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/\>.

## VERSION

pt-eustack-resolver 3.7.1-4

## POD ERRORS

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- Around line 1468:

  You forgot a '=back' before '=head1'
