elf_is_phdr_sane(9)

💅 elf_is_phdr_sane(9) 💅

okay so bestie, this one is from the Kernel API Manual, and the whole vibe is: check that it is safe to use the program header ✨ no cap, we're keeping every detail exactly where it belongs 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

elf_is_phdr_sane — check that it is safe to use the program header 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool elf_is_phdr_sane (const struct elf_phdr *phdr , size_t buf_len );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• phdr — the manpage literally says -- undescribed --, bestie 😭 so we are not inventing a description, periodt. It's giving main-character mystery 🙈
• buf_len — size of the buffer in which the ELF file is loaded 🦋

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

these are the SEE ALSO girlies, from the Kernel file ./kernel/kexec_elf.c:

• elf_is_ehdr_sane(9)
• elf_read_phdrs(9)
• elf_read_from_buffer(9)
• kexec_free_elf_info(9)
• kexec_build_elf_info(9)
• kexec_elf_load(9)

that's the whole page, bestie 💖 — source/version ./kernel, dated October 2026, for elf_is_phdr_sane(9). mwah 💋✨