ftrace_get_symaddr(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

ftrace_get_symaddr — return the symbol address from fentry_ip. Okay bestie, this is the ftrace_get_symaddr(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s short but iconic. ✨

💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

ftrace_get_symaddr (fentry_ip );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• fentry_ip — the address of ftrace location. That’s the whole argument, no cap. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so: this gets the symbol address from fentry_ip (fast path, periodt). If there is no fast search path, this returns 0, and that’s literally it. User may need to use the kallsyms API to find the symbol address — iykyk. 🦋

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./include/linux/ftrace.h — plus these absolute icons: stack_tracer_disable(9), stack_tracer_enable(9), ftrace_make_nop(9), ftrace_need_init_nop(9), ftrace_init_nop(9), ftrace_make_call(9), ftrace_modify_call(9).

Source/version: ./include/linux, dated October 2026 — mwah, that’s the whole page 💋✨