include/uapi/linux/kdev_t.h

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

include/uapi/linux/kdev_t.h

Extension

.h

Size

441 bytes

Lines

15

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

• No C-style include directives detected by the generator.

Detected Declarations

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

Annotated Snippet

#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_KDEV_T_H
#define _UAPI_LINUX_KDEV_T_H
#ifndef __KERNEL__

/*
Some programs want their definitions of MAJOR and MINOR and MKDEV
from the kernel sources. These must be the externally visible ones.
*/
#define MAJOR(dev)	((dev)>>8)
#define MINOR(dev)	((dev) & 0xff)
#define MKDEV(ma,mi)	((ma)<<8 | (mi))
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_KDEV_T_H */

Annotation

• 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.