FUNCTION::SET_KERNEL_CHAR(3stap)

💖 FUNCTION::SET_KERNEL_CHAR 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the String and data writing functions section of the SystemTap Tapset Reference (that's the 3stap manual, iykyk) 🎀 — and today's main character is a little function that writes a char straight into kernel memory. yes, kernel. yes, memory. we're in the big leagues now fr fr ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

function::set_kernel_char — Writes a char value to kernel memory 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

set_kernel_char(addr:long,val:long)

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• addr — the kernel address you're writing that char to 🎯 (yes, the kernel address, be normal about it)
• val — the char that's getting written, that's the whole vibe 🍓

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so basically: this function writes the char value to a given kernel memory address. that's it, that's the job 🌈

if the write to the given address fails, it reports an error — like, it WILL tell you, no silent failures here 💀

⚠️ and now the important part, bestie: this one requires the use of guru mode (-g). do not skip the -g. that's not a suggestion, that's the rule 🙈

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• tapset::conversions-guru(3stap)

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that's the whole page, no notes 💅

and as a lil sign-off from me to you: this was the SystemTap Tapset Reference, Version whatever-the-current-one-is, dated September 2026 🫶 go forth and write chars responsibly, mwah 💖✨