module_param_array_named(9)

✨ module_param_array_named ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, that kernel, the Linux one, we're literally in the big leagues now 💅

This one's about module_param_array_named — a renamed parameter that's an array of some type. Iconic behavior, honestly.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

module_param_array_named (name , array , type , nump , perm );

That's the whole vibe check right there. Let's break down what each lil piece is doing 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• name — a valid C identifier that serves as the parameter name. Like, it has to actually be valid C, bestie, no funny business 😭
• array — the name of the array variable. yeah. the actual array. that one.
• type — the type, as per module_param. go check that one if you need the deets, I'm not making stuff up here ✨
• nump — an optional pointer that gets filled in with the number written. optional!! so you can pass it or not, your call 💅
• perm — visibility in sysfs. that's it, that's the whole thing.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the tea, bestie: this bad boy exposes a different name than the actual variable name. Yep. The name you show the world is not the name the variable has internally — main character energy, honestly 👑

And if you're sitting there like "wait, why would anyone even need that??" — same, but the answer is right there in module_param_named. Go read that one, it explains why this might be necessary. iykyk 🧚

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💖 SEE ALSO 💖

Kernel file ./include/linux/moduleparam.h — and the whole friend group:

• module_param(9)
• module_param_unsafe(9)
• module_param_named(9)
• module_param_named_unsafe(9)
• module_param_cb(9)
• core_param_cb(9)
• postcore_param_cb(9)
• arch_param_cb(9)
• subsys_param_cb(9)
• fs_param_cb(9)
• device_param_cb(9)
• late_param_cb(9)
• core_param(9)
• core_param_unsafe(9)
• __core_param_cb(9)
• module_param_string(9)
• parameq(9)
• parameqn(9)
• module_param_array(9)
• module_param_hw_named(9)
• module_param_hw_array(9)

like, an entire ensemble cast. love that for them 🌈

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lowkey a reminder: nump is optional, but if you're passing it, know what you're doing — it gets filled in with the number written. no cap, that's literally in the arguments section 💀

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okay that's the whole page, bestie!! 🍓 this little gem lives in ./include/linux and it's dated October 2026 — so like, future energy, but make it kernel. go forth and name your params differently from your variables, you absolute icon 💜🎀