kobject_get_path(9)

💖 kobject_get_path 💖

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9, bestie — this page is all about kobject_get_path(9), and it is literally here to allocate memory and fill in the path for @kobj. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

kobject_get_path — allocate memory and fill in the path for @kobj. that's the whole vibe. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

char * kobject_get_path (const struct kobject *kobj , gfp_t gfp_mask );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• kobj — the kobject in question, aka the one we're building the path with. 🎀
• gfp_mask — the allocation type used to allocate the path. yes, that's the allocation situation. ✨

💅 RETURN 💅

The newly allocated memory. Caller must free it with kfree. 🫶

bestie, this is the part where you remember to free it with kfree — the caller has to do that, no cap. 💖

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

The kernel file is ./lib/kobject.c, and here's the whole squad:

• kobject_namespace(9)
• kobject_get_ownership(9)
• kobject_set_name_vargs(9)
• kobject_set_name(9)
• kobject_init(9)
• kobject_add(9)
• kobject_init_and_add(9)
• kobject_rename(9)
• kobject_move(9)
• kobject_del(9)
• kobject_get(9)
• kobject_put(9)
• kobject_create(9)
• kobject_create_and_add(9)
• kset_init(9)
• kset_register(9)
• kset_unregister(9)
• kset_find_obj(9)
• kset_create(9)
• kset_create_and_add(9)

okay that's the page, bestie. signing off from ./lib, October 2026 — now go free that memory and slay. 💜🦋