DEFINE_XARRAY_FLAGS(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

hey bestie 💖 welcome to DEFINE_XARRAY_FLAGS(9) from the Kernel API Manual. this one is short and sweet: it's all about defining an XArray with your own custom flags, and the vibes are very compiletime ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

DEFINE_XARRAY_FLAGS — Define an XArray with custom flags. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

DEFINE_XARRAY_FLAGS (name , flags );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • name — A string that names your XArray.
  • flags — XA_FLAG values.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so this macro is intended for file scope definitions of XArrays. it declares and initialises an empty XArray with the chosen name and flags.

it's equivalent to calling xa_init_flags on the array, but it does the initialisation at compiletime instead of runtime. that's the whole slay ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file is ./include/linux/xarray.h — go peek, bestie 👀. and the whole reference squad is:

that's the tea ☕ for DEFINE_XARRAY_FLAGS(9) — source: ./include/linux, date: October 2026. bye bestie, go define something cute 💖🎀✨

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