HUGETLBFS_FIND_PATH(3)

💖 HUGETLBFS_FIND_PATH 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Library Functions Manual, and it's about hugetlbfs_find_path and hugetlbfs_find_path_for_size — two little cuties whose whole job is to Locate an appropriate hugetlbfs mount point. no cap. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

hugetlbfs_find_path, hugetlbfs_find_path_for_size — they locate an appropriate hugetlbfs mount point for you 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <hugetlbfs.h>

const char *hugetlbfs_find_path(void);
const char *hugetlbfs_find_path_for_size(long page_size);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so these functions literally hand you back a pathname for a mounted hugetlbfs filesystem, and they pick the one that matches the appropriate huge page size. it's giving ✨personalized service✨

• hugetlbfs_find_path — uses the default huge page size. if you wanna know what that default actually is, go check gethugepagesize(3) bestie 😌
• hugetlbfs_find_path_for_size — here you gotta pass in a valid huge page size yourself, no guessing allowed. see gethugepagesizes(3) for the list of what counts as valid 👑

lowkey important: hugetlbfs_find_path_for_size needs a valid huge page size. don't just make one up, it will not slay.

⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

• on success 💖 — you get back a non-NULL value. iconic.
• on failure 💀 — you get NULL. it's giving rejected.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• libhugetlbfs(7)
• gethugepagesize(3)
• gethugepagesizes(3)

👑 AUTHORS 👑

libhugetlbfs was written by various people on the libhugetlbfs-devel mailing list. a whole group chat of legends fr fr 🫶

and that's the tea, bestie 🍓 this page is dated March 7, 2012, and it comes to you from libhugetlbfs. go find your mount point and live your main character era 💖✨🎀