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function::callers


Name

function::callers — Return first n elements of kernel stack backtrace

Synopsis

callers:string(n:long)

Arguments

n
number of levels to descend in the stack (not counting the top level). If n is -1, print the entire stack.

Description

This function returns a string of the first n hex addresses from the backtrace of the kernel stack. Output may be truncated as per maximum string length (MAXSTRINGLEN).