arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h

Extension

.h

Size

2622 bytes

Lines

83

Domain

Architecture Layer

Bucket

arch/x86

Inferred role

Architecture Layer: implementation source

Status

source implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

CPU and platform-specific kernel glue: boot entry, traps, syscall entry, interrupts, page tables, context switch, and low-level barriers.

• CPU and platform-specific kernel glue: boot entry, traps, syscall entry, interrupts, page tables, context switch, and low-level barriers.
• Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.

Dependency Surface

• linux/types.h

Detected Declarations

• struct e820entry
• struct e820map

Annotated Snippet

struct e820entry {
	__u64 addr;	/* start of memory segment */
	__u64 size;	/* size of memory segment */
	__u32 type;	/* type of memory segment */
} __attribute__((packed));

struct e820map {
	__u32 nr_map;
	struct e820entry map[E820_X_MAX];
};

#define ISA_START_ADDRESS	0xa0000
#define ISA_END_ADDRESS		0x100000

#define BIOS_BEGIN		0x000a0000
#define BIOS_END		0x00100000

#define BIOS_ROM_BASE		0xffe00000
#define BIOS_ROM_END		0xffffffff

#endif /* __ASSEMBLER__ */


#endif /* _UAPI_ASM_X86_E820_H */

Annotation

• Immediate include surface: `linux/types.h`.
• Detected declarations: `struct e820entry`, `struct e820map`.
• Atlas domain: Architecture Layer / arch/x86.
• Implementation status: source implementation candidate.

Implementation Notes

• This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
• Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
• Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.