alloc_msg_buf(9)

alloc_msg_buf(9) 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this page is all about one tiny but important function: allocating all the message buffers of PF to MGMT channel. no cap, that’s the whole vibe.

💖 NAME 💖

alloc_msg_buf — allocate all the message buffers of PF to MGMT channel.

💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

int alloc_msg_buf (struct hinic_pf_to_mgmt *pf_to_mgmt );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pf_to_mgmt — PF to MGMT channel. that’s the channel bestie, periodt 💫

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Return 0 - Success, negative - Failure.

so literally: 0 means success, and a negative value means failure. that’s the return-value tea ☕

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

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

also go check out: hinic_register_mgmt_msg_cb(9), hinic_unregister_mgmt_msg_cb(9), prepare_header(9), prepare_mgmt_cmd(9), mgmt_msg_len(9), send_msg_to_mgmt(9), msg_to_mgmt_sync(9), msg_to_mgmt_async(9), hinic_msg_to_mgmt(9), mgmt_recv_msg_handler(9), mgmt_resp_msg_handler(9), recv_mgmt_msg_handler(9), mgmt_msg_aeqe_handler(9), alloc_recv_msg(9), hinic_pf_to_mgmt_init(9), hinic_pf_to_mgmt_free(9) 💜

xoxo, your Unix bestie signing off 💖 source/version: ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/..., date: October 2026 🫶