bman_free_pool(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… bman_free_pool(9) πŸ’…

ok so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, bestie β€” like, official kernel docs, but make it readable 🫢. It's all about one little function that cleans up after you, and honestly? iconic behaviour.


✨ NAME ✨

bman_free_pool β€” deallocates a Buffer Pool object. yes bestie, it's the cleanup crew, it's the "you had your fun, now put it back" moment πŸ’–


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void bman_free_pool (struct bman_pool *pool );

that's the whole signature, no cap. returns nothing (void), takes exactly one thing, and it's the pool you're about to yeet πŸ¦‹


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • pool β€” the pool object to release. this is THE one, the main character of the call πŸ‘‘ hand it over and it's getting freed, periodt.

πŸ¦‹ SEE ALSO πŸ¦‹

the kernel file lives at ./include/soc/fsl/bman.h β€” go read it, it's giving source of truth πŸ’œ

and the whole friend group of related calls:

like, bman_new_pool makes it, this one frees it β€” the circle of life, fr fr 🌈


heads up babes: this page only tells you that it releases the pool. it doesn't spell out what happens after, so don't come for me with guesses β€” the source file ./include/soc/fsl/bman.h is right there for the deep lore πŸ™ˆ

and that's the page!! shipped from ./include/soc/fsl, dated October 2026 β€” mwah, go free your pools responsibly πŸ’…βœ¨πŸ“

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