FUNCTION::NS_SID(3stap)

✨ NAME ✨

function::ns_sid — bestie, this one hands you the session ID of the current process, as seen from inside a pid namespace 💖

(also it lives in the SystemTap Tapset Reference, manual section 3stap, so you know it's the real deal 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ns_sid:long()

that's it. that's the whole call. no args, no drama, just vibes ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• None — literally nothing. zero. nada. you pass it nothing and it still slays 🫶

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so listen 👀 — the namespace-aware session ID of a process is the process group ID of the session leader, as seen in the target pid namespace if one is provided, or in the stap process namespace otherwise. iykyk 🌈

and the way session ID is stored? it lives in the signal_struct since Kernel 2.6.0. iconic behavior honestly 💀✨

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• tapset::context(3stap) — go read this one too, it's giving context (literally) 💜

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k bye bestie, that's the whole page 🌸 this was the SystemTap Tapset Reference, section 3stap, dated September 2026 — no cap, go forth and namespace responsibly 👑💖