TAPSET::CONTEXT-SYMBOLS(3stap)

💖 TAPSET::CONTEXT-SYMBOLS 💖

okay bestie, so this one is from the SystemTap Tapset Reference (section 3stap), and it's literally the glow-up guide to context-symbols, the tapset that tells you where stuff happened 🫶

---

🌸 NAME 🌸

tapset::context-symbols — the systemtap context-symbols tapset, no cap

---

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so like. context functions are the ones that give you the ✨extra tea✨ about where an event actually went down. we're talking info like a whole backtrace pointing at where the event happened, plus the current register values for the processor. it's giving forensic detective energy 🔍💅

here's the full roster, one by one, no skipping:

• stack — Return address at given depth of kernel stack backtrace 🥞

See function::stack(3stap) for details.

• print_stack — Print out kernel stack from string 🖨️

See function::print_stack(3stap) for details.

• sprint_stack — Return stack for kernel addresses from string

See function::sprint_stack(3stap) for details.

• probefunc — Return the probe point's function name, if known 👀

See function::probefunc(3stap) for details.

• probemod — Return the probe point's kernel module name 📦

See function::probemod(3stap) for details.

• modname — Return the kernel module name loaded at the address

See function::modname(3stap) for details.

• symname — Return the kernel symbol associated with the given address 🏷️

See function::symname(3stap) for details.

• symdata — Return the kernel symbol and module offset for the address

See function::symdata(3stap) for details.

• print_syms — Print out kernel stack from string 🖨️✨

See function::print_syms(3stap) for details.

• sprint_syms — Return stack for kernel addresses from string

See function::sprint_syms(3stap) for details.

• symfileline — Return the file name and line number of an address. 📄

See function::symfileline(3stap) for details.

• usymfile — Return the file name of a given address. 📁

See function::usymfile(3stap) for details.

• usymline — Return the line number of an address. 🔢

See function::usymline(3stap) for details.

---

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

the whole friend group, go say hi 💜

• function::stack(3stap)
• function::print_stack(3stap)
• function::sprint_stack(3stap)
• function::probefunc(3stap)
• function::probemod(3stap)
• function::modname(3stap)
• function::symname(3stap)
• function::symdata(3stap)
• function::print_syms(3stap)
• function::sprint_syms(3stap)
• function::symfileline(3stap)
• function::usymfile(3stap)
• function::usymline(3stap)
• stap(1)
• stapprobes(3stap)

---

and that's the whole page, bestie, you ate that 💅✨ this lil masterpiece is from the SystemTap Tapset Reference, dated September 2026 — go forth and trace some symbols, ily 🫶🌸