PROBE::STAP.PASS4(3stap)

πŸ’… probe::stap.pass4 β€” from the SystemTap Translator Tapset, section 3stap

okay bestie, gather round, because we're about to talk about a static marker probe and honestly? she's iconic. this page lives in the SystemTap Translator Tapset, and it's all about the lil moment when stap's fourth pass kicks off β€” that's the part where C code gets compiled into a kernel module. πŸ‘‘


✨ NAME ✨

probe::stap.pass4 β€” Starting stap pass4 (compile C code into kernel module)

like, that's literally her whole job description. no notes. πŸ’–


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸



probe stap.pass4 {}

that's it. that's the whole thing. no arguments, no fancy params, just vibes. πŸ¦‹


πŸŽ€ VALUES πŸŽ€

  • session β€” the systemtap_session variable s. yeah bestie, she hands you the whole session object, variable s, right there for the taking. iykyk. 🫢

πŸ”₯ DESCRIPTION πŸ”₯

so here's the tea, fr fr: pass4 fires just after the call to gettimeofday, and just before the call to compile_pass. like she's standing in the doorway between those two moments, watching, clocking everything. ⏰✨ main character energy honestly.

no cap, that timing is the whole point. πŸ’…


πŸ‘‘ SEE ALSO πŸ‘‘


ok that's the page!! every flag, every value, every path, untouched, periodt. πŸ’–

and that's a wrap on the SystemTap Tapset Reference, from the version that dropped in September 2026. mwah, go compile something cute. πŸŽ€πŸ’…βœ¨

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from