store_gcov_u32(9)

✨ okay so welcome to store_gcov_u32(9), straight outta the Kernel API Manual — this is the little helper that handles storing a 32 bit number in gcov format to a buffer. Bestie, it’s giving “tiny utility, main character energy” 💅✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

store_gcov_u32 — store 32 bit number in gcov format to buffer 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

size_t store_gcov_u32 (void *buffer , size_t off , u32 v );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• buffer — target buffer or NULL 🙈
• off — offset into the buffer 📍
• v — value to be stored 🍓

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

The number format is defined by gcc, no cap: numbers are recorded in the 32 bit unsigned binary form of the endianness of the machine generating the file 🧚💜. It returns the number of bytes stored. If buffer is NULL, it doesn’t store anything — literally nothing gets written, periodt.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./kernel/gcov/base.c, plus gcov_enable_events(9) and store_gcov_u64(9) — go give ’em a lil read, iykyk 💖

mwah 💋 this page is brought to you by the ./kernel/gcov source/version, dated October 2026, and it’s still store_gcov_u32(9) — bye bestie, slay responsibly 🫶🎀