PROBE::KPROCESS.EX(3stap)

💖 PROBE::KPROCESS.EX 💖

okay bestie, welcome to section 3stap of the SystemTap Tapset Reference — this is the page for probe::kprocess.exit and it's literally the goodbye party probe. pull up a chair. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

probe::kprocess.exit — exit from process 🌸

like. the process is leaving. the group chat. forever. 😭

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

probe kprocess.exit {}

that's it. that's the whole thing. no args, no fuss, just vibes. 💅

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✨ VALUES ✨

• code — the exit code of the process. this is the little number the process hands over on its way out the door, and you get to see it. iconic. ⭐

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✨ CONTEXT ✨

the process which is terminating. that's the one. that's the main character of this exact moment. 👑

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so when does this fire? it fires when a process terminates. periodt. that's the whole trigger. 💀

and here's the tea: this one is always followed by a kprocess.release. always always. no cap. but — and this is the important part, don't skip it — that kprocess.release may be delayed if the process waits in a zombie state. 🧟

so like, the exit happens, and then the release is like "omg give me a sec" while the process is just. sitting there. zombified. 🦋 eventually it comes through, but it's not instant, and that's just how it is.

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• tapset::kprocess(3stap) 🎀

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go forth and trace those exits, bestie. and remember: zombie state delays are real and they are not your fault. 🙈

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SystemTap Tapset Reference, September 2026 — that's the source and the date, and that's the whole page. ty for coming to my ted talk. mwah. 💖✨🎀🦋🌸🫶