QB_RB_CHUNK_RECLAIM(3)

💖 qb_rb_chunk_reclaim — reclaim the oldest chunk 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the libqb Programmer's Manual, and we're talking about qb_rb_chunk_reclaim from <qb/qbrb.h> 🦋. It's a tiny little function with one job and she does it flawlessly. Let's get into it 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <qb/qbrb.h>

void qb_rb_chunk_reclaim(
    qb_ringbuffer_t   *rb   /* ringbuffer instance */
);

that's it. that's the whole vibe. she takes one thing and returns nothing (void, iconic, no notes) 🫶

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🎀 PARAMS 🎀

• rb — your ringbuffer instance, bestie. the actual ring buffer you're working with 💖

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So here's the tea ☕: you will need to call this if using qb_rb_chunk_peek(). That's literally it. That's the whole relationship. Peek at a chunk, then reclaim the oldest chunk — they're a package deal, fr fr 😭

Like, qb_rb_chunk_peek() looks at stuff, and then qb_rb_chunk_reclaim() is the one who actually frees up the oldest chunk so you can move on with your life. Main character energy from both of them ngl 👑

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole friend group, obviously 💜:

• qb_rb_close(3)
• qb_rb_refcount_get(3)
• qb_rb_chmod(3)
• qb_rb_chown(3)
• qb_rb_open(3)
• qb_rb_write_to_file(3)
• qb_rb_create_from_file(3)
• qb_rb_chunks_used(3)
• qb_rb_space_used(3)
• qb_rb_chunk_write(3)
• qb_rb_shared_user_data_get(3)
• qb_rb_chunk_commit(3)
• qb_rb_chunk_peek(3)
• qb_rb_space_free(3)
• qb_rb_name_get(3)
• qb_rb_chunk_alloc(3)
• qb_rb_chunk_read(3)

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (C) 2010-2020 Red Hat, Inc.

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one is from libqb, dated 2025-09-16, and it lives at section 3 of the manual as QB_RB_CHUNK_RECLAIM(3) 💅✨ go forth and reclaim those chunks, you absolute legend 🫶💖🌈