binder_alloc_free_buf(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 binder_alloc_free_buf(9) — aka the Kernel API Manual glow-up ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the binder_alloc_free_buf(9) page 🎀 this is a Kernel API Manual moment, and honestly? it's a short one, we love a low-effort icon 👑

🌸 NAME 🌸

binder_alloc_free_buf — literally just frees a binder buffer 🦋 no cap, that's the whole vibe.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void binder_alloc_free_buf (struct binder_alloc *alloc , struct binder_buffer *buffer );

like… it returns void, so don't go looking for a return value, she gives you nothing and that's on purpose 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • alloc — the binder_alloc for this proc 🫶 like, the allocator that owns the whole situation for this process.
  • buffer — the kernel pointer to the buffer 👑 the actual one you're about to set free.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Free the buffer that you allocated via binder_alloc_new_buf ✨ that's it, that's the function. you got handed a buffer by her sister function, and now you hand it back. circular economy, we stan 🌈

ngl the whole description is one line, so let me not pretend there's lore where there isn't any 😭 it frees the buffer. allocated via binder_alloc_new_buf. periodt 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole friend group fr fr, go read them all, iykyk 🫶

and that's the page bestie!! 🥳 this came to you from ./drivers/android, dated October 2026, and it's the binder_alloc_free_buf(9) page — short, sweet, and absolutely ate 💖 mwah, go free some buffers responsibly ✨

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