af_alg_poll(9)

✨ af_alg_poll 💅

okay bestie, so this page is from the Kernel API Manual — it's af_alg_poll(9) and she's literally the poll system call handler. no cap, that's the whole vibe. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

__poll_t af_alg_poll (struct file *file , struct socket *sock ,
       poll_table *wait );

that's the signature, copy it exactly, don't be cute with it 🫶

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• file — a file pointer. yes, one of those. the file-y one. 🗂️
• sock — the socket to poll. this is the girl she's polling, main character energy. 🔌
• wait — a poll_table. it's giving "the wait list" and she's on it. ⏳

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

kernel file ./crypto/af_alg.c — and like, the whole friend group honestly:

• af_alg_alloc_tsgl(9)
• af_alg_count_tsgl(9)
• af_alg_pull_tsgl(9)
• af_alg_free_areq_sgls(9)
• af_alg_wait_for_wmem(9)
• af_alg_wmem_wakeup(9)
• af_alg_wait_for_data(9)
• af_alg_data_wakeup(9)
• af_alg_sendmsg(9)
• af_alg_free_resources(9)
• af_alg_alloc_areq(9)
• af_alg_get_rsgl(9)

💀 reminder bestie: this is from ./crypto, version stamped October 2026 — so go read the source for the real tea, iykyk 🙈

that's the whole page, slay, you ate it, periodt 👑💜