kexec_free_elf_info(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸 — kexec_free_elf_info(9) from the Kernel API Manual

okay so kexec_free_elf_info is literally the cleanup bestie: it frees memory allocated by elf_read_from_buffer 💅✨ no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void kexec_free_elf_info (struct kexec_elf_info *elf_info );

It returns void, and the one argument is that struct kexec_elf_info * — short and iconic.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• elf_info — -- undescribed -- 😭 fr fr, that's the whole description the page gives us. The synopsis at least confirms it's a struct kexec_elf_info *, so we're not completely in the dark, bestie.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

The Kernel file ./kernel/kexec_elf.c is where the related elf lore lives, plus these linked faves:

• elf_is_ehdr_sane(9)
• elf_is_phdr_sane(9)
• elf_read_phdrs(9)
• elf_read_from_buffer(9)
• kexec_build_elf_info(9)
• kexec_elf_load(9)

xoxo, this page’s source/version stamp is ./kernel, dated October 2026 — go free that ELF info, bestie 🫶💖