FUNCTION::TASK_START(3stap)

💖 FUNCTION::TASK_START(3stap) 💖

okay bestie so this is a page straight out of the Task Time Tapset — yes that's the manual name, we're fancy like that — and it's about exactly ONE little function that tells you when a task got its life started. no cap. 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

function::task_start_time — start time of the given task 👑

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

task_start_time:long(tid:long)

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• tid — the thread id of the given task 🧵 like, which task are we talking about? that one. the one with this tid. periodt.

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what it does is: it returns the start time of the given task, measured in nanoseconds since boot time ⏱️✨

and if the task... doesn't exist? it just gives you a 0. that's it. that's the whole thing. it's giving very "simple but make it iconic" 💅

lowkey important: it's nanoseconds since boot time, not some wall-clock timestamp. don't come for me later saying the number looks weird. 🙈

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• tapset::task_time(3stap) 🌸 go read the family, the whole tapset is a vibe

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! mwah 🫶

this was brought to you by the SystemTap Tapset Reference, version... the version, and the month was September 2026 📅💖 so yeah, that's the era we're in. slay. no cap. bye!! 💅✨🎀