TAPSET::PANIC(3stap) TAPSET::PANIC(3stap)

# [NAME](#NAME)

tapset::panic - systemtap panic tapset

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Functions in the panic tapset allow a probe handler to invoke  
the system panic routine with a user-specified message.

This may be used with a crash dump collection facility such as  
kexec/kdump in order to capture data for post-mortem debugging.

Due to the fact that this will bring the system to an immediate  
halt the functions in this tapset require guru mode.

[**panic**](#panic)

trigger a panic

See [*function::panic*(3stap)](/man/enterprise-packages/systemtap/function::panic.3stap)  
for details.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[*function::panic*(3stap)](/man/enterprise-packages/systemtap/function::panic.3stap), [*stap*(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/systemtap/stap.1), [*stapprobes*(3stap)](/man/enterprise-packages/systemtap/stapprobes.3stap)

September 2026 SystemTap Tapset Reference

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Document: tapset::panic(3stap) from systemtap 5.6-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://sourceware.org/git/systemtap.git