die_get_real_type(9)

okay bestie, welcome to die_get_real_type(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this is the page where we get a type DIE but skip qualifiers and typedefs, and honestly? iconic. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

die_get_real_type — Get a type die, but skip qualifiers and typedef.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

Dwarf_Die * die_get_real_type (Dwarf_Die *vr_die , Dwarf_Die *die_mem );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vr_die — a DIE of a variable. like, the variable DIE you're handing over, bestie.
• die_mem — where to store a type DIE. this is the spot where the type DIE lands.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea: this function gets a DIE of the type of the given variable (vr_die) and stores it in die_mem. If it fails to get a type DIE, it returns NULL — that's the fail case, no cap.

And if the type is qualifiers (e.g. const) or a typedef, it skips that and tries to find the real type — like a structure or basic types, e.g. int. literally the whole point: skip the fake-out wrapper and find the actual type. slay. 🦋

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c — these are the related pages, all listed so you don't miss a single one:

• 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_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_call_file(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)

This page is dated October 2026, comes from the source spot ./tools/perf/util, and it's die_get_real_type(9) — bye bestie, go get that real type! 🫶💜