gcov_info_free(9)

💖 gcov_info_free(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so real talk, this little icon is from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and she's here to do exactly one (1) job: yeet a duplicate profiling data set back into the void. no cap. 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

gcov_info_free — release memory for profiling data set duplicate 💅

like literally, this is the cleanup crew for a duplicate, not the original. she takes the copy and sets it free. so iconic of her honestly 🌸

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void gcov_info_free (struct gcov_info *info );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one function, one pointer, zero drama ✨

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• info — the profiling data set duplicate to free 🫶

this is the copy you're done with, and yes she wants that one, the duplicate — not your original data set, bestie, please read before you call 😭

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the whole gcov gang is linked below, go say hi:

• Kernel file ./kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c 👑
• struct gcov_ctr_info(9)
• struct gcov_fn_info(9)
• struct gcov_info(9)
• gcov_info_filename(9)
• gcov_info_version(9)
• gcov_info_next(9)
• gcov_info_link(9)
• gcov_info_unlink(9)
• gcov_info_within_module(9)
• gcov_info_reset(9)
• gcov_info_is_compatible(9)
• gcov_info_add(9)
• gcov_info_dup(9)
• convert_to_gcda(9)

fr fr, gcov_info_dup(9) is her literal partner in crime — one makes the duplicate, this one frees it. iykyk 💀

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ngl this one's short and sweet — but "free" means free, so don't go using info after you hand it over, bestie 🙈

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and that's the page!! brought to you from ./kernel/gcov, October 2026 edition 🎀 stay hydrated, free your duplicates responsibly, mwah 💜🌈⭐