die_get_call_file(9)

die_get_call_file(9) 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual side of the group chat — today's main character is die_get_call_file(), and it's literally here to tell you which file an inline function got called from. iconic behavior, honestly. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

die_get_call_file - Get callsite file name of inlined function instance

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

const char * die_get_call_file (Dwarf_Die *in_die );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• in_die — a DIE of an inlined function instance

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So die_get_call_file() gets the call-site file name of in_die. Translation for the besties: it tells you from which file the inline function is called. That's the whole vibe, no cap. 💖

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

The kernel file is ./tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c, and the whole friend group is right here:

• cu_find_realpath(9)
• cu_get_comp_dir(9)
• cu_find_lineinfo(9)
• cu_walk_functions_at(9)
• die_get_linkage_name(9)
• die_compare_name(9)
• die_match_name(9)
• die_get_call_lineno(9)
• die_get_type(9)
• die_get_real_type(9)
• die_get_pointer_type(9)
• die_is_signed_type(9)
• die_is_func_def(9)
• die_entrypc(9)
• die_is_func_instance(9)
• die_get_data_member_location(9)
• die_get_decl_file(9)
• die_find_child(9)
• die_find_tailfunc(9)
• die_find_realfunc(9)
• die_find_top_inlinefunc(9)
• die_find_inlinefunc(9)
• die_find_func_rettype(9)
• die_walk_instances(9)
• die_walk_lines(9)
• die_find_variable_at(9)
• die_find_member(9)
• die_get_typename_from_type(9)
• die_get_typename(9)
• die_get_varname(9)
• die_get_var_innermost_scope(9)
• die_get_var_range(9)
• is_breg_access_indirect(9)
• die_find_variable_by_reg(9)
• die_find_variable_by_addr(9)
• die_collect_vars(9)
• die_collect_global_vars(9)
• die_get_cfa(9)
• die_get_scopes(9)
• die_get_member_type(9)
• die_deref_ptr_type(9)

xoxo 💖 this page came from ./tools/perf/util and is dated October 2026. bye bestie, go get that callsite file name! 🫶