---
name: "stapprobes.process"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "systemtap"
version: "0.0.20080705-1+lenny1"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/stapprobes.process"
---

# stapprobes.process(5)

systemtap process probe points

## NAME

stapprobes.process - systemtap process probe points

## DESCRIPTION

This family of probe points is used to probe the process activities. It contains the following probe points:

- **process.create**

  Fires whenever a new process is successfully created, either as a  result of one of the fork syscall variants, or a new kernel thread.

  **Arguments:**

  *task*\
     a handle to the newly created process

  *new\_pid*\
     pid of the newly created process

- **process.start**

  Fires immediately before a new process begins execution.

  **Arguments:**

  *N/A*

- **process.exec**

  Fires whenever a process attempts to exec to a new program

  **Arguments:**

  *filename*\
     the path to the new executable

- **process.exec\_complete**

  Fires at the completion of an exec call

  **Arguments:**

  *errno*\
     the error number resulting from the exec

  *success*\
     a boolean indicating whether the exec was successful

- **process.exit**

  Fires when a process terminates. This will always be followed by a process.release, though the latter may be delayed if the process  waits in a zombie state.

  **Arguments:**

  *code*\
     the exit code of the process

- **process.release**

  Fires when a process is released from the kernel. This always  follows a process.exit, though it may be delayed somewhat if the  process waits in a zombie state.

  **Arguments:**

  *task*\
     a task handle to the process being released

  *pid*\
     pid of the process being released

## SEE ALSO

[*stap*(1)](/stap/1.md), [*stapprobes*(5)](/stapprobes/5.md),