ps in Windows Subsystem for Linux and trying to show the values eip and esp register, it turns out that their values are zero: $ ps -e -o args,eip,esp COMMAND EIP ESP /init 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 /init 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 /init 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 -bash 0000000000000000 0000000000000000