include/linux/zlib.h

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

include/linux/zlib.h

Extension

.h

Size

28785 bytes

Lines

600

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.
• Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.

Dependency Surface

• linux/zconf.h

Detected Declarations

• struct internal_state
• struct internal_state
• function inconsistent

Annotated Snippet

struct internal_state {int dummy;}; /* hack for buggy compilers */
#endif

/* Utility function: initialize zlib, unpack binary blob, clean up zlib,
 * return len or negative error code. */
extern int zlib_inflate_blob(void *dst, unsigned dst_sz, const void *src, unsigned src_sz);

#endif /* _ZLIB_H */

Annotation

• Immediate include surface: `linux/zconf.h`.
• Detected declarations: `struct internal_state`, `struct internal_state`, `function inconsistent`.
• 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.