RCU_POINTER_INITIALIZER(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 RCU_POINTER_INITIALIZER(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes we're in the kernel today, and yes this one is a little macro with main character energy for approximately one line of code ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

RCU_POINTER_INITIALIZER — statically initialize an RCU protected pointer 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

RCU_POINTER_INITIALIZER (p , v );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • p — the pointer you're initializing, bestie. this is the one getting set up 💅
  • v — the value you're initializing the pointer to ✨

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

it's giving GCC-style initialization 🧚 for an RCU-protected pointer that lives in a structure field. that's the whole vibe. no cap, that's it — it's a static initializer, it does the initializing thing, and it does it in the style GCC expects for these pointer fields 🔥

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

kernel file ./include/linux/rcupdate.h — and like, the entire RCU extended universe, fr fr 💖:

and that's the page, periodt 💜 this little love letter came from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it's filed under RCU_POINTER_INITIALIZER(9) — go forth and statically initialize, icon 🎀💖

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