__kunit_add_resource(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 __kunit_add_resource — the internal helper bestie 💅

So this one's from the Kernel API Manual, and lowkey it's an internal helper — meaning it's the behind-the-scenes bestie that does the actual work of adding a resource. ✨ Not the main character, but absolutely essential. Periodt.

✨ NAME ✨

__kunit_add_resource — Internal helper to add a resource. 🎀

Yeah. That's literally it. She's a helper. She helps. 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int __kunit_add_resource (struct kunit *test , kunit_resource_init_t
init , kunit_resource_free_t free , struct kunit_resource *res , void
*data );

Look at her go — five arguments, returns an int. Iconic signature, ngl. 👑

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • test — the test context object 🧚. It's the vibe check container everything lives inside.
  • init — a user-supplied function to initialize the result (if needed). Okay so this is the fun part: if none is supplied, the resource data value is simply set to data. But if an init function is supplied, data is passed to it instead. Choose your fighter. 🫶
  • free — a user-supplied function to free the resource (if needed). Cleanup queen. 🧹✨
  • res — the resource. That's her. The whole point. 💅
  • data — the value to pass to the init function, or to set in the resource data field. She's flexible like that. 🌈

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

res->should_kfree is not initialised. 💀

That's the whole description. That's it. That's the tea. Not me expecting more text and getting one line 😭 — but fr fr, this detail matters: if you're relying on should_kfree being set, you're gonna have a bad time. Go initialise it yourself, bestie. 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

This girl has a whole friend group, and they're all in Kernel file ./include/kunit/resource.h — let's do the roll call 🎀:

Seventeen entries. Not one skipped. We ate. 🍓

That's the whole page, bestie — go add those resources responsibly. 💜

Sign-off szn: this lil doc lives in ./include/kunit, sourced from October 2026, and it's filed under __kunit_add_resource(9) — mwah, catch you in the next manpage 🦋✨

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