PROBE::NFS.PROC.(3stap)

✨ PROBE::NFS.PROC.RELEASE ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the SystemTap Tapset Reference section 3stap — this is the Network File Storage Tapsets chapter and we're looking at one lil probe that's lowkey doing a LOT. 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

probe::nfs.proc.release — the NFS client releasing its file read/write context info 🦋

like, the vibe is: the client is done with that context and it's letting it go. closure! we love that for it. 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

probe nfs.proc.release {}

that's it. no args, no params, just a probe hanging out being iconic. periodt. 👑

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🎀 VALUES 🎀

these are the lil facts you get handed when the probe fires, and ngl they're all bangers:

• server_ip — the IP address of the server 🖥️ like, which server bestie, spill
• filename — the file name 📄 the actual file in question
• prot — the transfer protocol 📡 how the data's traveling
• mode — the file mode 🔐 permissions vibes
• flag — the file flag 🚩
• version — the NFS version 🌈 and ok important note: this function is used for all NFS versions, so don't come for it asking which one, it serves everybody

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Release file read/write context information 💫

that's the whole assignment. the NFS client is releasing the read/write context info for the file. no cap, that's literally what it does. 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• tapset::nfs_proc(3stap) — go read this one too, it's giving reference material and it's obsessed with being helpful 💖

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ok one lil note from me to you: this page is filed under the NFS proc probes, so if you're out here tracing file I/O on an NFS mount, this is your girl. 🧚

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and that's a wrap, angel! 💅 this was SystemTap Tapset Reference, Ver September 2026 — go forth and probe responsibly, ily, bye! 🎀✨