__context_unsafe(9)

💅 __context_unsafe(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one is short but iconic. It’s giving “function attribute with trust issues,” and honestly? Same. 💖

✨ NAME ✨

__context_unsafe — function attribute, disable context checking. That’s the whole vibe. No cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

__context_unsafe (comment );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• comment — a comment explaining why opt-out is safe. And yes, it’s mandatory-mandatory: the attribute forces you to add an inline comment as its argument. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so __context_unsafe is a function attribute. It’s basically a tiny little sign that says context analysis is disabled for the whole function. Not part of it, not one line — the whole function, bestie. 💅

And the plot twist? It forces adding an inline comment as an argument, so you have to explain yourself right there in the code. The comment argument is not optional; that’s literally the point. Periodt. ✨

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Kernel file ./include/linux/compiler-context-analysis.h — and the whole linked-up friend group:

• __guarded_by(9)
• __pt_guarded_by(9)
• context_lock_struct(9)
• disable_context_analysis(9)
• enable_context_analysis(9)
• __no_context_analysis(9)
• context_unsafe(9)
• context_unsafe_alias(9)
• token_context_lock(9)
• token_context_lock_instance(9)
• __must_hold(9)
• __must_not_hold(9)
• __acquires(9)
• __cond_acquires(9)
• __releases(9)
• __cond_releases(9)
• __acquire(9)
• __release(9)
• __must_hold_shared(9)
• __acquires_shared(9)
• __cond_acquires_shared(9)
• __releases_shared(9)
• __acquire_shared(9)
• __release_shared(9)
• __acquire_ret(9)
• __acquire_shared_ret(9)

mwah 💋 that’s the page! source/version: ./include/linux — date: October 2026 — page title: __context_unsafe(9). byeee 🎀