FUNCTION::PN(3stap)

💖 FUNCTION::PN 💖

okay so bestie, real talk: this is a page from the Context Functions section of the SystemTap Tapset Reference, section 3stap, and it's about ONE tiny lil function that does ONE tiny lil thing. and it ate. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

function::pn — returns the active probe name 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pn:string()

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• None — nope, nada, zero args, she takes no input, she just is 🦋

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so what does pn actually do?? she returns the script-level probe point that's associated with a probe handler that's running right now, at this very moment, in real time. main character energy fr fr. 👑

and listen — it's not just the probe point as you wrote it, she includes the wild-card expansion effects too, so if your probe point had wildcards, what you get back reflects how they expanded. iconic behavior honestly.

Context: the current probe point. that's the vibe she's reading from. no cap. ⭐

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• tapset::pn(3stap) — go read this one too bestie, it's her sister page 🫶

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and that's the whole entire page!! short, sweet, and absolutely slaying. 💖

this was brought to you by the SystemTap Tapset Reference, version-flavored and dated September 2026 — so like, she's from the future and she's still serving. 🌈✨ bye bestie, go name some probes!! 🎀💜