klp_shadow_get(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, this is klp_shadow_get(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and its whole job is to retrieve a shadow variable data pointer. that's the vibe. ✨

---

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature is right here, no cap:

void * klp_shadow_get (void *obj , unsigned long id );

---

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

two pieces of info, bestie:

• obj — pointer to parent object
• id — data identifier

---

🦋 RETURN 🦋

what you get back: the shadow variable data element, NULL on failure. periodt. 💅

---

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

go be nosy, bestie — these are the related reads:

• Kernel file ./kernel/livepatch/shadow.c
• Shadow variable API concurrency notes:(9)
• struct klp_shadow(9)
• klp_shadow_match(9)
• klp_shadow_alloc(9)
• klp_shadow_get_or_alloc(9)
• klp_shadow_free(9)
• klp_shadow_free_all(9)

---

okay that's the whole thing! mwah 💋 — source/version: ./kernel/livepatch; date: October 2026. 🫶