sort_memory_ranges(9)

✨ sort_memory_ranges(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the sort_memory_ranges page from the Kernel API Manual — section 9, the kernel-API girlies 💅. this one's short and sweet, no cap.

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🎀 NAME 🎀

sort_memory_ranges — literally sorts the given memory ranges list. that's it. that's the whole job. queen behavior 👑

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void sort_memory_ranges (struct crash_mem *mem_rngs , bool merge );

like, copy it exactly bestie, don't @ me 🙈

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• mem_rngs — the range list that's getting sorted. this is the main character of the whole function fr fr 🫶
• merge — a bool. if it's true, the list gets merged after the sorting happens. so: sort first, merge second, iykyk. if it's not true, no merging, just vibes ✨

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns nothing. like literally nothing, it's a void function, it just does the thing and dips 😭 no return value to check, no exit status, no little treat for you at the end. the function ate and left no crumbs 💀

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

collect them all, bestie — here's the whole friend group from the kernel file ./arch/powerpc/kexec/ranges.c:

• get_max_nr_ranges(9)
• get_mem_rngs_size(9)
• __add_mem_range(9)
• __merge_memory_ranges(9)
• realloc_mem_ranges(9)
• add_mem_range(9)
• add_tce_mem_ranges(9)
• add_initrd_mem_range(9)
• add_htab_mem_range(9)
• add_kernel_mem_range(9)
• add_rtas_mem_range(9)
• add_opal_mem_range(9)
• add_reserved_mem_ranges(9)
• get_reserved_memory_ranges(9)
• get_exclude_memory_ranges(9)
• get_usable_memory_ranges(9)
• get_crash_memory_ranges(9)

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💜 go read the source file too, it's giving ./arch/powerpc/kexec/ranges.c and it's highkey iconic.

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that's the page bestie!! 🎀 this little gem lives in ./arch/powerpc/kexec and it's dated October 2026 — so like, mark your calendar, put it in your notes app, and slay the day away 💅✨🦋🌸💖