stack_depot_snprint(9)

✨ NAME ✨

bestie, meet stack_depot_snprint from the Kernel API Manual — she prints a stack trace from stack depot into a buffer. literally that’s the whole assignment, and she ate. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int stack_depot_snprint (depot_stack_handle_t handle , char *buf ,
       size_t size , int spaces );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• handle — the Stack depot handle returned from stack_depot_save. iykyk. 🫶
• buf — pointer to the print buffer, aka where the text goes. ✨
• size — size of the print buffer. no cap, size matters here. 💖
• spaces — number of leading spaces to print. yes, it’s giving indentation. 🎀

⭐ RETURN ⭐

Number of bytes printed. that’s the return value, bestie — bytes printed, periodt. 🔥

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./include/linux/stackdepot.h
• stack_depot_save_flags(9)
• stack_depot_save(9)
• __stack_depot_get_stack_record(9)
• stack_depot_fetch(9)
• stack_depot_print(9)
• stack_depot_put(9)
• stack_depot_set_extra_bits(9)
• stack_depot_get_extra_bits(9)

xoxo, this page’s source/version is ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it’s still serving stack_depot_snprint(9) realness — mwah 💜