FUNCTION::PRINT_USYM(3stap)

✨ FUNCTION::PRINT_USYMS ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is from the SystemTap Tapset Reference β€” it's a little context function called print_usyms and it is so useful when you've got a pile of user-space addresses and you need them to make sense πŸ’–


πŸŽ€ NAME πŸŽ€

function::print_usyms β€” print out user stack from string, no cap πŸ’…


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

print_usyms(callers:string)

πŸ¦‹ ARGUMENTS πŸ¦‹

  • callers β€” a string holding a list of hexadecimal (user) addresses. that's it, that's the whole input 🫢

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what this does is it does a symbolic lookup on all the addresses sitting in that string you handed it. and here's the vibe: those addresses are assumed to be the result of prior calls to ustack, ucallers, and similar functions. so like, don't just roll up with random hex and expect magic, bestie 😭

it prints one line per address, and each of those lines gives you:

  • the address itself
  • the name of the function that contains that address
  • an estimate of its position within that function β€” and that little estimate comes courtesy of usymdata

and then? it returns nothing. it's giving "I just print, I don't give back". main character energy, honestly πŸ‘‘


πŸ’œ SEE ALSO πŸ’œ


fr fr, if you've ever stared at a wall of hex addresses and felt your soul leave your body β€” this function is your bestie. it translates the chaos into actual function names. iconic behaviour, periodt πŸŽ€

SystemTap Tapset Reference, version Ver, dated September 2026 β€” mwah, love that for us πŸ’–βœ¨ bye bestie, go print some stacks πŸ¦‹πŸŒΈ

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