__ept_release(9)

💅 __ept_release (9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

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🌸 NAME

__ept_release — deallocate an rpmsg endpoint, fr fr 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS

void __ept_release (struct kref *kref );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS

• kref — the ept's reference count 💫 (yes, the whole kref situation, she's the main character here)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION

Okay so listen. This function deallocates an ept, and the way it works is it gets invoked when its kref refcount literally drops to zero. Like, the count hits 0 and she's like "aight, my time has come" 💀✨

🚨 Never invoke this function directly! 🚨 Not joking, not being dramatic, do NOT call this yourself. It's giving "do not perceive me," it's giving "I'll know when it's my moment." Periodt. 🙈💅

So like, if you were thinking about just casually calling it yourself... no. No you were not. Put your hands down. 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO

Go read these, iykyk 📚✨

• Kernel file ./drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
• struct virtproc_info(9)
• struct rpmsg_hdr(9)
• struct virtio_rpmsg_channel(9)
• rpmsg_sg_init(9)
• __rpmsg_destroy_ept(9)
• rpmsg_send_offchannel_raw(9)

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💖 that's the whole page bestie, slay 💖

This one lives in ./drivers/rpmsg, dated October 2026 — so go forth, don't call __ept_release directly, and stay iconic 🌈🦋⭐