look_up_OID(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… look_up_OID(9) β€” a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to look_up_OID(9) from the Kernel API Manual, the lil function that is literally the main character of OID hunting ✨


🌸 NAME 🌸

look_up_OID β€” Find an OID registration for the specified data πŸŽ€

like, you hand it some bytes and it goes "oh hey i know her" and finds the OID registration. no cap.


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

enum OID look_up_OID (const void *data , size_t datasize );

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. πŸ¦‹


πŸ’– ARGUMENTS πŸ’–

  • data β€” the Binary representation of the OID. the raw little byte bestie herself πŸ“
  • datasize β€” Size of the binary representation. aka how many bytes of OID we're serving, periodt πŸ’…

πŸ‘‘ SEE ALSO πŸ‘‘

  • Kernel file ./lib/oid_registry.c β€” go read the source, iykyk πŸ“–
  • parse_OID(9) β€” her sister function, also iconic 🌈

ngl this page is short but it ate. no notes. πŸ’œ

and that's the whole thing bestie β€” this gorgeousness lives in ./lib, dated October 2026, and it's serving Kernel API Manual energy from start to finish πŸ«ΆπŸ’–βœ¨

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