__sk_mem_reclaim(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

__sk_mem_reclaim(9) — straight outta the Kernel API Manual, and it's the function for reclaiming sk_forward_alloc and memory_allocated. periodt, that's the name and the whole vibe. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay bestie, here's the exact signature, no edits, no remixes:

void __sk_mem_reclaim (struct sock *sk , int amount );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• sk — the socket. That's it, that's the arg. 🫶
• amount — the number of bytes, rounded down to a PAGE_SIZE multiple. Yes, literally rounded down like that. ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

The manual points at the kernel file ./net/core/sock.c and this whole cross-reference friend group:

• sk_ns_capable(9)
• sk_capable(9)
• sk_net_capable(9)
• sk_set_memalloc(9)
• sk_alloc(9)
• sk_clone(9)
• skb_page_frag_refill(9)
• sk_wait_data(9)
• __sk_mem_raise_allocated(9)
• __sk_mem_schedule(9)
• __sk_mem_reduce_allocated(9)

Mwah 💖 this page is from source ./net/core, dated October 2026, and it's literally titled __sk_mem_reclaim(9). Bye bestie! 🫶🎀