kexec_locate_mem_hole(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is the kexec_locate_mem_hole(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ and it's literally here to find free memory for the purgatory or the next kernel. No cap, that's the whole vibe 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int kexec_locate_mem_hole (struct kexec_buf *kbuf );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• kbuf — the parameters for the memory search. That's the arg, and she's doing her thing 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

On success, kbuf->mem will have the start address of the memory region found. Iconic behavior, honestly. Obsessed ✨

⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on success, negative errno on error. Periodt 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./kernel/kexec_file.c
• kexec_walk_resources(9)
• kexec_add_buffer(9)

source/version + date check, bestie: ./kernel · October 2026 — mwah, go off and locate those memory holes 💋🎀