man pages for kernel functions
 

Hi,
I use Ubuntu Linux. Is it possible to be able to view
man pages for linux kernel functions like kmalloc, put_user, get_user
etc ? Where do I get them ?

Thanks,
Mahendra

You appear to have Internet access, so ...

Gogle: kmalloc

Gogle: put_user

Gogle: get_user

All typed for you and everything.

Hello MahendraL,

there is no special part for kernelfunctions in the manpages. Try man man, the manpage about the manpages, to get information about the available manpage-sections.

Otherwise c and c++ functions have their manpages. The kernel itself is explained in many places in the internet. Try google.

Markus

Hey,

There is in fact man pages for the kernel in section 9 (Kernel Routines - non standard).

I don't know where to get them for the latest kernels, though if you don't mind have a look at: http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux-mandocs/

It's for older kernel versions, though if they exist for all those versions it may also be possible to find them somewhere else.

If you do, please send along the link.

Q

Hello,

yes, there is 9th section of man pages. If you have no files in man/man9/ directories,
you have to build it from linux source.
So download source and build man pages with command: "make mandocs",
then install them with command: "make installmandocs" to /usr/local/man/man9/
There are many others targets, for list see "make help".

Thanks Collodi. That was very helpful. I tried the steps you
described and they worked.