PROBE::VM.KMEM_CAC(3stap)

💖 NAME 💖

probe::vm.kmem_cache_free — bestie, this one fires the second somebody asks for a kmem_cache_free. Like, the kernel's done with that slab memory and it's handing it back, and this probe is RIGHT there when it happens. ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

probe vm.kmem_cache_free {}

No args, no frills, just vibes. She takes nothing and she delivers everything. 💅

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🎀 VALUES 🎀

Okay so when this probe goes off, here's all the tea it hands you:

• ptr — a pointer to the kmemory that got allocated, the one that came back from kmem_cache. 🫶
• caller_function — the name of the caller function. Yes, the who did this of it all. 👑
• call_site — the address of the function that's calling this kmemory function. So you know exactly where it went down. 📍
• name — the name of the probe point. Iconic, self-explanatory, we love a straightforward queen. 🌈

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• tapset::memory(3stap) — go read the memory tapset bestie, it's giving ✨context✨

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SystemTap Tapset Reference, September 2026 edition — mwah, that's a wrap, tysm for reading, ily, go free some kmem 🧚💜