die_is_func_def(9)

✨ die_is_func_def(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 this one is a tiny little function from ./tools/perf/util and honestly? she's short but she matters. let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

die_is_func_def — literally just making sure this DIE is a subprogram and a definition. that's the whole vibe check 🎀

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💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

bool die_is_func_def (Dwarf_Die *dw_die );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dw_die — a DIE. yes that's the entire description. iconic minimalism honestly 👑

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so the whole point: ensure that this DIE is a subprogram and NOT a declaration. no cap. 🚫

if dw_die is a function definition, this returns true. that's it, that's the function 💀 easy A, main character energy, we love a one-job queen 💜

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

all her besties live in the kernel file ./tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c — go say hi to:

• 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_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)

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that's the whole page bestie, told you she was short 💖 and for the record, this one's dated October 2026 and it comes to you from ./tools/perf/util — so when you cite her, you know exactly where she's from 🧚‍♀️ slay, go read some DWARF, periodt ✨👑