elf_section(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, welcome to elf_section from the Kernel API Manual — page elf_section(9) — and the whole gig is literally: return a pointer to the data for a given section. no cap, that’s the assignment. 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

here’s the exact signature, character for character — don’t let the spacing gaslight you:

const void * elf_section (const void *elf , const char *name , unsigned
       int *len );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• elf — the ELF image 🖼️
• name — the section name to search for 🔎
• len — pointer to returned length of found section 📏

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/gh100.c — go peek, iykyk 👀
• elf_validate_sections(9) — another icon to check out ✨

mwah 💋 that’s the whole page, bestie. source/version vibe: ./drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm... and the date is October 2026 — page elf_section(9) signing off 🎀