elfcorehdr_read(9)

✨ NAME ✨

elfcorehdr_read — read from ELF core header. 💅 This is elfcorehdr_read(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and bestie, it's literally here to read from the ELF core header. No cap. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

The whole vibe is exactly this signature, character for character:

ssize_t elfcorehdr_read (char *buf , size_t count , u64 *ppos );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• buf — buffer where the data is placed. 💖
• count — number of bytes to read. 🔢
• ppos — address in the memory. 📍

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This function reads count bytes from the elf core header which exists on the crash dump kernel's memory. That's the whole flex, and it ate. ✨

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./arch/arm64/kernel/crash_dump.c — go peek, iykyk. 👑

source/version: ./arch/arm64/kernel · date: October 2026. mwah 💋 bye bestie 🫶