alloc_eq_pages(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’– alloc_eq_pages(9) πŸ’–

okay so bestie, welcome to the glow-up of alloc_eq_pages(9) β€” straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's giving "small function, big responsibilities." we're in the event-queue allocation department today, and yes, it ate. ✨


πŸŽ€ NAME πŸŽ€

alloc_eq_pages β€” allocate the pages for the queue 🌸

like, that's literally the whole job. it allocates the pages. for the queue. periodt. πŸ’…


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int alloc_eq_pages (struct hinic_eq *eq );

one function, one struct pointer, one int coming back at you. no cap. πŸ¦‹


πŸ’œ ARGUMENTS πŸ’œ

  • eq β€” the event queue 🎯 (this is the thing we're allocating pages for, in case the name didn't already spill the tea)

πŸ”₯ DESCRIPTION πŸ”₯

here's the vibe check: it returns 0 for Success and a Negative value for Failure. that's it, that's the whole description, and honestly it understood the assignment. 😭

ngl bestie, a negative return means something went wrong β€” so like, don't ignore it, mkay? πŸ™ˆ

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the friend group, in order, all of them, exactly as they appear β€” not me listing every single one, but like, also literally me listing every single one πŸ’€:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_eqs.c

hinic_aeq_register_hw_cb(9), hinic_aeq_unregister_hw_cb(9), hinic_ceq_register_cb(9), hinic_ceq_unregister_cb(9), eq_update_ci(9), aeq_irq_handler(9), ceq_event_handler(9), ceq_irq_handler(9), eq_irq_handler(9), eq_irq_work(9), ceq_tasklet(9), aeq_interrupt(9), ceq_interrupt(9), set_eq_ctrls(9), aeq_elements_init(9), ceq_elements_init(9), free_eq_pages(9), init_eq(9), remove_eq(9), hinic_aeqs_init(9), hinic_aeqs_free(9), hinic_ceqs_init(9), hinic_ceqs_free(9)


and that's the page, bestie 🫢 this lil icon came to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/..., dated October 2026, and it's filed under alloc_eq_pages(9) β€” main character energy from the very first page to the last. πŸŽ€πŸ’–β­

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