TAPSET::LOGGING(3stap)

🌸 TAPSET::LOGGING 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to the systemtap logging tapset page 💖 this is tapset::logging from the 3stap manual section, and it's basically the group chat of systemtap logging functions. every single one of them gets its own deep-dive manpage, and this one is the lil directory that points you to all of them 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

tapset::logging — the systemtap logging tapset, aka the place where all your "say something to somebody" functions live 💅

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📝 DESCRIPTION 📝

here's the whole squad. each one has its own page, so tap through when you wanna know the deets:

• log — sends a line to the common trace buffer 💌

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

• warn — sends a line to the warning stream ⚠️

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

• exit — starts shutting down the probing script. note the "starts", bestie, it's a whole process, not a drive-by 👋

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

• abort — shuts down the probing script immediately. no waiting, no vibes, just gone 💀

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

• error — sends an error message 🚨

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

• assert — evaluates an assertion 👑

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

• assert — evaluates an assertion. yes. again. it's listed twice on this page and i am simply reporting what the page says, no cap 😭 iykyk

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

• ftrace — sends a message to the ftrace ring-buffer 🦋

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

• printk — sends a message to the kernel trace buffer 🌈

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

• dump_stack — sends the kernel backtrace to the kernel trace buffer 🎀

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

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read these next, they're all iconic:

• function::log(3stap)
• function::warn(3stap)
• function::exit(3stap)
• function::abort(3stap)
• function::error(3stap)
• function::assert(3stap)
• function::ftrace(3stap)
• function::printk(3stap)
• function::dump_stack(3stap)
• stap(1)
• stapprobes(3stap)

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀✨ this was the <strong>SystemTap Tapset Reference</strong>, dated <strong>September 2026</strong>, and yes the footer still says <strong>TAPSET::LOGGING(3stap)</strong> because we keep the receipts around here 💅 mwah, go log something cute 🫶💖