1STAPPROBES.PROCESS(5)         File Formats Manual        STAPPROBES.PROCESS(5)
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NAME

6       stapprobes.process - systemtap process probe points
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DESCRIPTION

11       This  family  of  probe points is used to probe the process activities.
12       It contains the following probe points:
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15       process.create
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17              Fires whenever a new process is successfully created, either  as
18              a  result  of  one of the fork syscall variants, or a new kernel
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24                a handle to the newly created process
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32              Fires immediately before a new process begins execution.
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41              Fires whenever a process attempts to exec to a new program
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51              Fires at the completion of an exec call
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56                the error number resulting from the exec
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64              Fires when a process terminates. This will always be followed by
65              a  process.release,  though  the  latter  may  be delayed if the
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76              Fires when a process is released from the  kernel.  This  always
77              follows a process.exit, though it may be delayed somewhat if the
78              process waits in a zombie state.
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SEE ALSO

90       stap(1), stapprobes(5),
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95Intel, IBM                        2008-03-27             STAPPROBES.PROCESS(5)