__relay_reset(9)

💅 __relay_reset(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so we're doing a manual page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and the star of the show is __relay_reset. yes it has two underscores, yes it's that girl, no we are not dropping them.

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✨ NAME ✨

__relay_reset — reset a channel buffer 🌀

Like, it resets the buffer. That's the whole vibe. Reset. Channel buffer. Iconic.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void __relay_reset (struct rchan_buf *buf , unsigned int init );

Returns nothing (void), takes two things, does the thing. Simple as. 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• buf — the channel buffer 💖 the actual buffer bestie, the one getting reset, the main character of this whole operation.
• init — 1 if this is a first-time initialization ✨ so like, pass 1 when it's the buffer's very first glow-up and not a redo. That distinction is literally load-bearing, don't fumble it.

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

okay so here's the tea: this page is not gonna spell out the effect for you, because it doesn't. it says, and I quote the energy, see relay_reset for description of effect. so if you want to know what resetting actually does to the buffer, go read relay_reset(9). that's it, that's the description, no cap. 🙈

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./kernel/relay.c — go read the source if you want the real tea 🍓

And the whole relay friend group, in this exact order:

• relay_mmap_prepare_buf(9)
• relay_alloc_buf(9)
• relay_create_buf(9)
• relay_destroy_channel(9)
• relay_destroy_buf(9)
• relay_remove_buf(9)
• relay_buf_empty(9)
• relay_buf_full(9)
• wakeup_readers(9)
• relay_reset(9)
• relay_close_buf(9)
• relay_open(9)
• relay_switch_subbuf(9)
• relay_subbufs_consumed(9)
• relay_close(9)
• relay_flush(9)
• relay_stats(9)
• relay_file_open(9)
• relay_file_mmap_prepare(9)
• relay_file_poll(9)
• relay_file_release(9)
• relay_file_read_subbuf_avail(9)
• relay_file_read_start_pos(9)
• relay_file_read_end_pos(9)

squad goals, honestly. 🌈

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aaaand that's the page!! 🧚 from ./kernel, dated October 2026, brought to you by the one and only __relay_reset(9) — stay hydrated, pass 1 on first init, and go read relay_reset if you want the lore 💅💖