sprint_symbol_no_offset(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 sprint_symbol_no_offset(9): the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to sprint_symbol_no_offset(9) — yes that's the whole name, no we're not shortening it, it's iconic as-is. This is the Kernel API Manual entry for the function that turns an address into a cute little text string for you. Let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

sprint_symbol_no_offset — literally looks up a kernel symbol and hands it back to you in a text buffer. that's the whole vibe. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int sprint_symbol_no_offset (char *buffer , unsigned long address );

three things: it returns an int, it takes a char *buffer, and it takes an unsigned long address. periodt. 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • buffer — the buffer where the stuff gets stored. that's its whole job, and it's doing great.
  • address — the address you want to look up. this is the main character of the operation ngl.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the tea ☕ — this function looks up a kernel symbol using address, and if it can, it stores that symbol's name and module name into buffer. slay.

if no symbol was found, it doesn't panic, it doesn't ghost you — it just saves the address as is into the buffer. lowkey thoughtful. 🙈

and when it's all done? it returns the number of bytes stored in buffer so you know exactly how much real estate got used. no guesswork, no cap. 🔥

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

bestie you have to check out the rest of the friend group, they're all hanging out in the kernel file ./kernel/kallsyms.c:

🌈 the sign-off 🌈

and that's the page!! brought to you by the source/version ./kernel, dated October 2026, and by the letter s (for sprint_symbol_no_offset, obviously). go look up some symbols, bestie, you're gonna eat 💅✨🦋🍓

mwah 💖

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