FUNCTION::TASK_ANCES(3stap)

💖 FUNCTION::TASK_ANCES 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Context Functions section of the SystemTap Tapset Reference (yes we're in the 3stap manual, section 3, we're fancy like that 💅). This is the page for function::task_ancestry, and honestly? it's giving genealogy but for processes. no cap. 🧚

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✨ NAME ✨

function::task_ancestry — the ancestry of the given task 🫶

like, literally, who is this task's family. its whole lineage. the family tree moment. 🌸

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

task_ancestry:string(task:long,with_time:long)

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• task — the task_struct pointer. that's your starting point, the little guy whose whole bloodline we're about to trace 🔍
• with_time — set this to 1 to also print the start time of processes. and bestie, it's given as a delta from boot time, not a real clock timestamp, so don't come for me when it's not a date. 😭

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so this function returns the ancestry of the given task, formatted like this:

grandparent_process=>parent_process=>process

that's it, that's the whole vibe. grandparent, arrow, parent, arrow, the process itself. the => is doing the heavy lifting of the family tree, iconic honestly 👑

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• tapset::task_ancestry(3stap) — go read this one too, we love a cross-reference 🎀

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SystemTap Tapset Reference, that version line right there, and the date on this whole thing is September 2026 ✨ — so yeah, shoutout to the SystemTap docs for the source and version, mwah 💜. that's the page, bestie, go trace some process lineages, slay, periodt 🦋💖