STRUCT ANNOTATED_MEMBER(9)

✨ NAME ✨

this page is struct annotated_member(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s literally all about the Type of member field 💅 bestie, we’re in struct territory now.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct annotated_member {
    struct list_head node;
    struct list_head children;
    char *type_name;
    char *var_name;
    int offset;
    int size;
 };

that’s the whole struct, no cap 👑 every field exactly where it belongs.

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🌸 Members 🌸

okay so here’s the member-by-member vibe check, and yes we’re keeping every single one 🫶

• node — list entry in the parent list 🧵
• children — list head for child nodes 🎠
• type_name — name of the member type 🏷️
• var_name — name of the member variable ✨
• offset — offset from the outer data type 📏
• size — size of the member field 🧸

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💖 Description 💖

highkey, this struct is here to represent a member type in a data type. that’s the whole job. iconic behavior, honestly 🌈

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🔍 SEE ALSO 🔍

go peek at the Kernel file ./tools/perf/util/annotate-data.h and these related structs too, iykyk 🫶

• struct type_hist_entry(9)
• struct type_hist(9)
• struct annotated_data_type(9)
• struct data_loc_info(9)
• struct annotated_data_stat(9)

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mwah 💋 — sourced from ./tools/perf/util, dated October 2026, and yes, it’s still struct annotated_member(9). periodt 🎀