trace_seq_puts(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 trace_seq_puts — the kernel api manual, but make it make sense 💖

okay so you found yourself a trace_seq_puts(9) page, bestie. welcome. this is a kernel API manual joint, and honestly? it's a whole little icon. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

trace_seq_puts — trace sequence printing of simple string

like, it prints a string. into a trace sequence. that's the whole vibe, no cap 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void trace_seq_puts (struct trace_seq *s , const char *str );

look at that signature. immaculate. returns void because it's not here to give you answers, only vibes. 🦋

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • s — the trace sequence descriptor. your little container of trace-y goodness, the main character of this whole operation 👑
  • str — a simple string to record. that's it. that's the string. keep it simple, keep it slay ✨

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea: the tracer may use either the sequence operations or its own copy to user routines. those are the two options, and the kernel gets to pick, iykyk.

this function records a simple string into a special buffer (s) for later retrieval by a sequencer or other mechanism. literally just tucks your string away somewhere special so it can be scooped back out later. it's giving "storing it for later" energy and honestly we respect it 🍓

ngl, "other mechanism" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence, but that's what the page says, so that's what we're saying too 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, assembled. kernel file ./kernel/trace/trace_seq.c plus the entire roster:

go read them all, bestie. collect them like stickers ⭐

and that's the page!! this one lives under ./kernel/trace, and the version stamp is October 2026 — so yeah, she's dated, she's documented, she's done. mwah 💋✨🎀

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