ref_reloc_sym_not_found(9)

💖 NAME 💖

Okay so bestie, welcome to ref_reloc_sym_not_found(9) from the Kernel API Manual — the function that answers the iconic question: has the kernel relocation symbol been found? 👀✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool ref_reloc_sym_not_found (struct kmap *kmap );

It's giving very “small function, very specific job.” 🎀

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• kmap — kernel maps and relocation reference symbol. That’s the whole vibe: the maps plus the relocation reference symbol, bundled together. 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This function returns true if we are dealing with the kernel maps and the relocation reference symbol has not yet been found. 🕵️‍♀️✨

Otherwise, it returns false. No cap, that’s the whole behavior. 💅

Two things gotta line up for that true: kernel maps are in play, and the relocation reference symbol is still missing. If not? false. Periodt. 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c 🧚
• elf_symtab__for_each_symbol(9) 🔥
• ref_reloc(9) ⭐
• kcore_copy(9) 💜
• populate_sdt_note(9) 🌸
• construct_sdt_notes_list(9) 🎀
• get_sdt_note_list(9) 🦋
• cleanup_sdt_note_list(9) 🍓
• sdt_notes__get_count(9) 👑

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xoxo, your girl is signing off — this page comes from ./tools/perf/util, dated October 2026, and it’s still serving ref_reloc_sym_not_found(9) realness. 💅✨💖