init_vmlinux_build_id(9)

init_vmlinux_build_id(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to this lil page from the Kernel API Manual 🌈 it’s giving kernel-internals realness, and the main character is init_vmlinux_build_id(9) — no cap, she’s here to compute and stash the running kernel's build ID. ✨

💖 NAME 💖

init_vmlinux_build_id — Compute and stash the running kernel's build ID 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void init_vmlinux_build_id (void );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• void — no arguments. Literally zero. Not a single one. Periodt. 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./lib/buildid.c 👑
• build_id_parse_nofault(9)
• build_id_parse(9)
• build_id_parse_file(9)
• build_id_parse_buf(9)

These are the besties to check next, iykyk 💜

byeee 💖 source/version: ./lib · date: October 2026 — mwah, bestie, go slay those build IDs 🧚✨