balloon_page_finalize(9)

🎈 balloon_page_finalize(9) 🎈

bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — we're looking at balloon_page_finalize(9), and it's literally about preparing a balloon page for its release era. ✨

💖 NAME 💖

balloon_page_finalize — prepare a balloon page that was removed from the balloon list for release to the page allocator

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void balloon_page_finalize (struct page *page );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• page — page to be released to the page allocator

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so here's the important bit: the caller must ensure the balloon_pages_lock is held. that's the rule, no cap. 👑

🚨 Caller must ensure the balloon_pages_lock is held.

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• Kernel file ./mm/balloon.c
• balloon_page_insert(9)
• balloon_page_list_enqueue(9)
• balloon_page_list_dequeue(9)
• balloon_page_alloc(9)
• balloon_page_enqueue(9)
• balloon_page_dequeue(9)

xoxo, this page lives under ./mm, dated October 2026 — mwah 💋🫶