PROBE::NFS.FOP.L(3stap)
π probe::nfs.fop.llseek β from the Network File Storage Tapsets crew (that's PROBE::NFS.FOP.L(3stap) bestie, section 3stap of the SystemTap tapset reference) π¦
okay so. listen. this is the manual page for a SystemTap probe and it's giving niche but iconic. no cap.
β¨ NAME β¨
probe::nfs.fop.llseek β literally the NFS client llseek operation, that's it, that's the whole vibe πΈ
π SYNOPSIS π
probe nfs.fop.llseek {}
yep that's the whole thing. no arguments, no fuss, just a probe sitting there with main character energy π
π VALUES π
these are the variables you get to peek at when the probe fires. every single one, we're listing them all, periodt:
offsetβ the offset of the file, aka where it's about to be repositioned to π«Άdevβ the device identifier. which device? this device, bestie πinoβ the inode number. very demure, very identifier πwhenceβ the position to seek from. where are we seeking from, queen πwhence_strβ the symbolic string representation of the position to seek from, akawhencebut it speaks in words, slay β¨
ngl,whencevswhence_stris the classic number-vs-name duo and honestly? obsessed π
π¦ SEE ALSO π¦
tapset::nfs(3stap)β go read the whole NFS tapset family, it's a whole ecosystem fr fr π§
and that's the page!! big love to the SystemTap Tapset Reference, Version September 2026, for making this little probe possible π stay curious, read your tapsets, and remember: the offset is always being repositioned somewhere π«
π¦ where this page comes from
- centos-stream 10: systemtap-client 5.6-3.el10 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-only AND BSD-3-Clause AND LGPL-2.1-only AND GFDL-1.2-or-later AND BSD-2-Clause
- centos-stream 9: systemtap-client 5.6-3.el9 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-only AND BSD-3-Clause AND LGPL-2.1-only AND GFDL-1.2-or-later AND BSD-2-Clause
- fedora 43: systemtap-client 5.6-1.fc43 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-only AND BSD-3-Clause AND LGPL-2.1-only AND GFDL-1.2-or-later AND BSD-2-Clause
- fedora 44: systemtap-client 5.6-1.fc44 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-only AND BSD-3-Clause AND LGPL-2.1-only AND GFDL-1.2-or-later AND BSD-2-Clause
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms