setup_purgatory(9)

🦋 setup_purgatory 🦋

okay bestie, this is setup_purgatory(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving “tiny setup function with big main-character energy” 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

setup_purgatory — initialize the purgatory's global variables. periodt. ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int setup_purgatory (struct kimage *image , const void *slave_code ,
       const void *fdt , unsigned long kernel_load_addr , unsigned long
       fdt_load_addr );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• image — the kexec image. that's the vibe. 🫶
• slave_code — the slave code for the purgatory. iconic. 💅
• fdt — the flattened device tree for the next kernel. yes bestie 🌸
• kernel_load_addr — the address where the kernel is loaded. noted. 👑
• fdt_load_addr — the address where the flattened device tree is loaded. slay. ✨

🔥 RETURN 🔥

0 on success, or a negative errno on error. no cap — that's the whole return contract, bestie. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• the Kernel file ./arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load.c
• setup_kdump_cmdline(9)

okay bye bestie 🫶 this page's source/version is ./arch/powerpc/kexec, and it's dated October 2026. mwah 💋