FUNCTION::TASK_STATE(3stap)

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💖 FUNCTION::TASK_STATE 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the 3stap manual — that's the SystemTap Tapset Reference, specifically the Context Functions section, and today's main character is function::task_state ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

function::task_state — the state of the task 🫶

like. literally just. what is this task doing right now. that's the whole vibe check 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

task_state:long(task:long)

one function, one argument, one long coming back at you. no notes 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • task — a task_struct pointer 🧚 that's the little kernel struct that is the task. hand it over and we'll tell you what it's up to.

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So it returns the state of the given task, and it's gonna be one of these, no cap:

  • TASK_RUNNING (0)
  • TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE (1)
  • TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE (2)
  • TASK_STOPPED (4)
  • TASK_TRACED (8)
  • EXIT_ZOMBIE (16)
  • EXIT_DEAD (32)

those are the numbers, those are the names, that's the whole menu 🔥 (and yeah, notice how the numbers are all powers of two — they're bit flags, iykyk 🦋 but fr fr, the function gives you one of the values above.)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

SystemTap Tapset Reference, Version — dated September 2026 📅 mwah, that's the whole page, ty for coming to my ted talk, go check your task states bestie 💖🌸🎀🦋🫶💅

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