memset_no_sanitize_memory(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the memset_no_sanitize_memory(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 💅✨ this one is short but iconic.

🎀 NAME 🎀

memset_no_sanitize_memory — fill memory without KMSAN instrumentation. no cap, that’s the whole vibe.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void * memset_no_sanitize_memory (void *s , int c , size_t n );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• s — the address of kernel memory to fill 🫶
• c — the constant byte to fill that memory with 🎀
• n — the number of bytes to fill 🌸

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

It’s literally like memset, but without KMSAN instrumentation. that’s it, that’s the tea ☕✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

The kernel file is ./include/linux/kmsan.h, and here’s the whole KMSAN squad, bestie 👑:

• kmsan_task_create(9)
• kmsan_task_exit(9)
• kmsan_init_shadow(9)
• kmsan_init_runtime(9)
• kmsan_memblock_free_pages(9)
• kmsan_alloc_page(9)
• kmsan_free_page(9)
• kmsan_copy_page_meta(9)
• kmsan_slab_alloc(9)
• kmsan_slab_free(9)
• kmsan_kmalloc_large(9)
• kmsan_kfree_large(9)
• kmsan_ioremap_page_range(9)
• kmsan_iounmap_page_range(9)
• kmsan_handle_dma(9)
• kmsan_handle_dma_sg(9)
• kmsan_handle_urb(9)
• kmsan_unpoison_entry_regs(9)
• kmsan_get_metadata(9)
• kmsan_enable_current(9)
• kmsan_disable_current(9)

mwah 💋 this page comes from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and its page tag is memset_no_sanitize_memory(9) — source/version and date sign-off complete, byeee 🫶🎀