DEFINE_IDTENTRY_IST(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 DEFINE_IDTENTRY_IST

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — this one's a macro page, it's short, it's sweet, and it's giving "small but mighty" energy fr fr 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

DEFINE_IDTENTRY_IST — emits code for IST entry points 👑 like, that's literally its whole job and it ate 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

DEFINE_IDTENTRY_IST (func );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one argument, no cap 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • func — the function name of the entry point 💖 so like, the name you want the generated entry point to have. that's the one thing you're giving it!

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so this macro just maps to DEFINE_IDTENTRY_RAW — that's the tea ☕ it's a thin lil wrapper, lowkey iconic, and it doesn't do anything extra on its own. periodt. 💀

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

  • the kernel file ./arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h — go read it, iykyk 📖✨

and then the whole entourage of sibling macros, all of them, not skipping a single one 🧚:

yes DECLARE_IDTENTRY_DF(9) and DEFINE_IDTENTRY_DF(9) each show up twice in the list — that's exactly how the page has it, so we're keeping it exactly how the page has it 🙈💖

🍓 sign-off 🍓

this lil gem lives at ./arch/x86/include/asm, dated October 2026, and it's officially page DEFINE_IDTENTRY_IST(9) of the Kernel API Manual 🌸 mwah, go forth and emit those IST entry points bestie 💅🫶

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