TAPSET::SPECULATIVE(3stap)

💖 TAPSET::SPECULATIVE 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about tapset::speculative — it's a whole SystemTap tapset page and it's giving speculative output energy. This is the 3stap manual, and no cap, it's shorter than you'd think but every single line matters. 🎀

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the vibe: speculative output in SystemTap. You get four little functions in this tapset and they work together like a group chat — one of them makes the chat, the others either send the message or delete it forever. 🦋

• speculation — Allocate a new id for speculative output.

See function::speculation(3stap) for details. 👑

• speculate — Store a string for possible output later.

See function::speculate(3stap) for details. 💅

• discard — Discard all output related to a speculation buffer.

See function::discard(3stap) for details. 💀

• commit — Write out all output related to a speculation buffer.

See function::commit(3stap) for details. 🔥

ngl the original page literally mashes commit and its one-liner together on the same line, and I am not about to pretend that's normal formatting — but the words are exactly the words, so there you go. 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these next, fr fr:

• function::speculation(3stap)
• function::speculate(3stap)
• function::discard(3stap)
• function::commit(3stap)
• stap(1)
• stapprobes(3stap)

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and that's the whole page, bestie — short, sweet, and absolutely ate. 💜

this little love letter to speculative tapset functions came to you from the SystemTap Tapset Reference, dated September 2026. slay. ✨🌸