machine_kexec(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this is the machine_kexec(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about machine_kexec — literally “Do the kexec reboot.” periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void machine_kexec (struct kimage *kimage );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• kimage — the original manpage says -- undescribed --, bestie. no extra lore, no invented deets, just that. 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

It's called from the core kexec code for a sys_reboot with LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_KEXEC. that's the whole vibe check. 🔥

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
• kexec_image_info(9)
• machine_kexec_prepare(9)
• kexec_segment_flush(9)
• machine_crash_shutdown(9)

mwah 💋 this cutie was sourced from ./arch/arm64/kernel, dated October 2026, and it's the machine_kexec(9) manual page. ✨👑