gcov_iter_new(9)

okay bestie, welcome to gcov_iter_new(9) from the Kernel API Manual 🦋 this one is short but iconic: it's all about making a profiling data iterator, and the vibe is very "kernel internals but make it cute" ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

gcov_iter_new — allocate and initialize profiling data iterator 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct gcov_iterator * gcov_iter_new (struct gcov_info *info );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• info — profiling data set to be iterated 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Return file iterator on success, NULL otherwise. That's the whole deal, bestie — success hands you the file iterator, and otherwise you get NULL 😭✨

no cap: the return is either a file iterator on success or NULL otherwise.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./kernel/gcov/fs.c
• struct gcov_node(9)
• struct gcov_iterator(9)
• gcov_iter_free(9)
• gcov_iter_get_info(9)
• gcov_iter_start(9)
• gcov_iter_next(9)
• gcov_iter_write(9)

cute lil sign-off: this page lives under ./kernel/gcov, it's dated October 2026, and it's filed as gcov_iter_new(9) in the Kernel API Manual — periodt 💅💖