PROBE::NFS.PROC.(3stap)

💅 NAME 💅

probe::nfs.proc.open — bestie, this is the NFS client probe that allocates file read/write context information. it's giving "getting your reading nook ready before you even open the book" energy 🎀

This page lives in the PROBE::NFS.PROC.(3stap) zone of the Network File Storage Tapsets, aka section 3stap, and it's here to help you understand this one specific probe. iykyk 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

probe nfs.proc.open {}

that's it. that's the whole vibe. no arguments, no params, just the probe doing its thing 💖

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🎀 VALUES 🎀

These are the lil values you can grab inside the probe handler, no cap:

• server_ip — the IP address of server</s>... wait, the IP address of the server, periodt 🌸
• flag — the file flag, you know, the flag on the file 💅
• filename — the file name, literally the name of the file, iconic 👑
• prot — the transfer protocol in play here 🫶
• mode — the file mode, as in the mode of the file 😌
• version — the NFS version. and listen, the function itself is used for all NFS version, so this tells you which one you're looking at 🌈

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Ok so basically: this probe fires when the NFS client allocates file read/write context information. that's the whole assignment, bestie. it's the setup moment, the pre-game, the "getting your snackies before the movie" part of the NFS read/write pipeline 🍓

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• tapset::nfs_proc(3stap) — go read this one next, fr fr 🧚

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that's the whole page, slay 💜 this lil masterpiece comes to you from the SystemTap Tapset Reference, Ver September 2026 — mwah, no notes, bye bestie 💅✨🎀