include/linux/start_kernel.h

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

include/linux/start_kernel.h

Extension

.h

Size

345 bytes

Lines

14

Domain

Core OS

Bucket

Core Kernel Interface

Inferred role

Core OS: implementation source

Status

source implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

• Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

Dependency Surface

• linux/linkage.h
• linux/init.h

Detected Declarations

• No top-level syscall, struct, function, initcall, or export declaration detected by the generator.

Annotated Snippet

/* Define the prototype for start_kernel here, rather than cluttering
   up something else. */

extern asmlinkage void __init __noreturn start_kernel(void);

#endif /* _LINUX_START_KERNEL_H */

Annotation

• Immediate include surface: `linux/linkage.h`, `linux/init.h`.
• Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
• 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.