MTREE_INIT(9)

💖 MTREE_INIT(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so real talk, this is MTREE_INIT(9) from the kernel API manual, and it's literally the glow-up moment for a maple tree. yes, the kernel has a maple tree, no cap, and this macro is what wakes it up. it's short, it's sweet, it's giving "one job and I do it flawlessly". let's get into it 🍁✨

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✨ NAME ✨

MTREE_INIT — Initialize a maple tree 🎀

like, literally just: initialize a maple tree. that's the whole vibe. iconic behavior honestly 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

MTREE_INIT (name , __flags );

yep that's it, that's the whole thing. two lil things go in, a freshly-initialized maple tree comes out. main character energy fr fr 🦋

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• name — the maple tree name 💜 like, what are we calling this tree? this is its name tag at the kernel party.
• __flags — the maple tree flags 🌈 the flags that tell the tree how to be. that's it, that's the flag situation, iykyk.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

so if you wanna go deeper (and you should, bestie, the lore is deep), here's the whole friend group 💖:

Kernel file ./include/linux/maple_tree.h — Maple tree flags(9), plus:

• MTREE_INIT_EXT(9)
• mtree_empty(9)
• mas_reset(9)
• mas_for_each(9)
• mas_for_each_rev(9)
• __mas_set_range(9)
• mas_set_range(9)
• mas_set(9)
• mt_init_flags(9)
• mt_init(9)
• mt_clear_in_rcu(9)
• mt_set_in_rcu(9)
• mt_for_each(9)

that's the whole squad, go say hi 👋✨

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ngl this one is short but it's the entry point to like the entire maple tree universe, so don't skip it 🙈

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🌷 cute lil sign-off time 🌷 — this page lives over in ./include/linux, it's stamped October 2026, and it's page MTREE_INIT(9) of the Kernel API Manual. go forth and initialize ur trees, bestie, you're gonna slay 💅💖🧚‍♀️