MTREE_INIT_EXT(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 — today’s main character is MTREE_INIT_EXT(9), and she is literally here to initialize a maple tree with an external lock. no cap. 🍁✨

🦋 NAME 🦋

MTREE_INIT_EXT — Initialize a maple tree with an external lock.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

MTREE_INIT_EXT (name , __flags , __lock );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• name — the tree name, bestie. that’s the name of your maple tree.
• __flags — the maple tree flags. yes, the flags for the maple tree.
• __lock — the external lock. that’s the lock coming from outside, periodt.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go give these a lil read, okay? iykyk 👑

• Kernel file ./include/linux/maple_tree.h
• Maple tree flags(9)
• MTREE_INIT(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)

source/version: ./include/linux • date: October 2026 • page: MTREE_INIT_EXT(9) — bye bestie, slay your maple trees 💅💖