scripts/livepatch/init.c

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

scripts/livepatch/init.c

Extension

.c

Size

2235 bytes

Lines

107

Domain

Support Tooling And Documentation

Bucket

scripts

Inferred role

Support Tooling And Documentation: exported/initcall integration point

Status

integration implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.

• Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.
• Exports symbols or registers init work; inspect boot/module ordering and who consumes the exported contract.
• Allocates kernel memory; connect allocation flags and lifetime to context constraints.
• Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.

Dependency Surface

• linux/kernel.h
• linux/slab.h
• linux/livepatch.h

Detected Declarations

• function livepatch_mod_init
• function livepatch_mod_exit
• module init livepatch_mod_init

Annotated Snippet

module_init(livepatch_mod_init);
module_exit(livepatch_mod_exit);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_INFO(livepatch, "Y");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Livepatch module");

Annotation

• Immediate include surface: `linux/kernel.h`, `linux/slab.h`, `linux/livepatch.h`.
• Detected declarations: `function livepatch_mod_init`, `function livepatch_mod_exit`, `module init livepatch_mod_init`.
• Atlas domain: Support Tooling And Documentation / scripts.
• Implementation status: integration 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.