FUNCTION::PRINT_BACK(3stap)

💖 FUNCTION::PRINT_BACK 💖

the 3stap girlies know — this one lives in the Context Functions corner of the manual, bestie, and it's lowkey one of the most useful little divas in the whole tapset ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

function::print_backtrace — bestie, it prints the kernel stack back trace 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

print_backtrace()

that's it. no args. no drama. she simply is 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

None

literally zero. she takes no arguments, she needs no arguments, she's self-sufficient and iconic 👑

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the tea ☕ — print_backtrace() is equivalent to print_stack(backtrace), except that deeper stack nesting may be supported. so like, if you've got a stack that goes deep deep deep, she might actually be able to hang 🌈

if you're looking for the user-space backtrace version instead? that's a whole different girl — go check out print_ubacktrace 💜

also important: the function does not return a value. she's giving void energy. no return, no receipt, just vibes 😌

fr fr though, don't sit around waiting for a return value that is never coming. she prints and she dips. that's the whole job 🎀

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💀 SEE ALSO 💀

• tapset::context-unwind(3stap)

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this lil beauty comes to you from the SystemTap Tapset Reference, version September 2026 🌸 go print some backtraces and slay 💅✨🦋