get_sdt_note_list(9)

💅 get_sdt_note_list(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

okay so real talk, this one lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's literally just a friendly little wrapper that goes and builds you a whole list of sdt notes 🎀 no cap, that's the whole vibe.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int get_sdt_note_list (struct list_head *head , const char *target );

like yes, that's it, that's the whole signature 🫶

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• head — an empty list_head. key word: empty. it's the lil home where the list is gonna live 🏠✨
• target — the file we're gonna go find SDT notes from 🕵️‍♀️

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so the way this works is honestly so iconic:

1. it opens the file 👀
2. then it initializes the ELF ✨
3. and then it hands everything off and calls construct_sdt_notes_list 🎀

and that's it!! that's the whole function!! it's giving "middle manager who just forwards your email to the right department" and honestly? we respect it 💅

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c — go read it, iykyk 📖
• elf_symtab__for_each_symbol(9)
• ref_reloc_sym_not_found(9)
• ref_reloc(9)
• kcore_copy(9)
• populate_sdt_note(9)
• construct_sdt_notes_list(9) — the real main character of this page fr fr 👑
• cleanup_sdt_note_list(9)
• sdt_notes__get_count(9)

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ngl bestie, if you made it this far you're officially a kernel girlie now. slay 🌈⭐

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and that's a wrap!! this came out of ./tools/perf/util and it's dated October 2026 — periodt, bye 💜🧚