is_kernel_inittext(9)

💅 is_kernel_inittext — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay bestie, so this one's a little function from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and honestly? she's a vibe check for pointers. 🫶

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🎀 NAME 🎀

is_kernel_inittext — literally just checks if the pointer address is located in the .init.text section. that's it. that's her whole personality. 💖

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

bool is_kernel_inittext (unsigned long addr );

like yes, that's the whole signature, no cap. 🔥

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• addr — the address to check. that's the one and only thing you're handing her. 👑

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🦋 RETURN 🦋

true if the address is located in .init.text, false otherwise. simple queen logic, we love to see it. ✨

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

Kernel file ./include/asm-generic/sections.h — and while you're there, go say hi to her friends, they're all iconic:

• memory_contains(9)
• memory_intersects(9)
• init_section_contains(9)
• init_section_intersects(9)
• is_kernel_core_data(9)
• is_kernel_rodata(9)
• __is_kernel_text(9)
• __is_kernel(9)

iykyk 💜

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ngl bestie, this page lives in ./include/asm-generic and it's dated October 2026 — so whenever you're reading this, she's been out here checking addresses the whole time. slay. 💅🎀⭐