ptrace_release_task(9)

ptrace_release_task(9) — Kernel API Manual 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this page is the whole vibe for ptrace_release_task(9), and it is literally giving “final cleanup era” no cap 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

ptrace_release_task — final ptrace-related cleanup of a zombie being reaped 🧟‍♀️✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ptrace_release_task (struct task_struct *task );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• task — task in EXIT_DEAD state 💀🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Called with write_lock(tasklist_lock) held. 🔒 like yes bestie, the lock is already held, that is the whole note 💅

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./include/linux/ptrace.h 📁✨

the whole squad, no cap:

• ptrace_may_access(9)
• ptrace_parent(9)
• ptrace_event_enabled(9)
• ptrace_event(9)
• ptrace_event_pid(9)
• ptrace_init_task(9)
• arch_has_single_step(9)
• user_enable_single_step(9)
• user_disable_single_step(9)
• arch_has_block_step(9)
• user_enable_block_step(9)
• arch_ptrace_stop_needed(9)
• arch_ptrace_stop(9)
• ptrace_report_syscall_permit_entry(9)
• ptrace_report_syscall_exit(9)

that’s the tea 🍓 from ./include/linux, dated October 2026 — bye bestie, mwah 💋💖🦋