__post_watch_notification(9)

🌟 __post_watch_notification(9) — Kernel API Manual 🌟

🌸 NAME 🌸

__post_watch_notification — post an event notification, bestie ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void __post_watch_notification (struct watch_list *wlist , struct watch_notification *n , const struct cred *cred , u64 id );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• wlist — the watch list you're posting the event to, periodt.
• n — the notification record itself, aka the thing getting posted.
• cred — the creds of the process that triggered the notification. yes, those creds.
• id — the ID to match on the watch. gotta match it, iykyk.

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Okay so this function posts a notification of an event into a set of watch queues and lets the users know. that's the whole vibe 💖

The notification's size has to be set in n->info & WATCH_INFO_LENGTH, and it should be in units of sizeof(*n).

📏 size check, bestie: n->info & WATCH_INFO_LENGTH, measured in units of sizeof(*n). do not skip this 💀

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./kernel/watch_queue.c:

• put_watch_queue(9)
• init_watch(9)
• add_watch_to_object(9)
• remove_watch_from_object(9)
• get_watch_queue(9)

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🌈 source/version: ./kernel · date: October 2026 · page: __post_watch_notification(9) — that's the sign-off, bestie, mwah 💖✨🫶