cgroup_task_count(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 cgroup_task_count — count the number of tasks in a cgroup

okay so this is cgroup_task_count(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and bestie it does exactly one thing and does it gorgeously: it counts the tasks in a cgroup. that's it. that's the whole slay. ✨

🌸 NAME

cgroup_task_count — count the number of tasks in a cgroup. literally the job description, no plot twist, no lore. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS

int cgroup_task_count (const struct cgroup *cgrp );

returns an int, takes one const struct cgroup *, and yes the spacing in that prototype is exactly how it's written, don't come for me 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS

  • cgrp — the cgroup in question 👀 like, the actual cgroup you're curious about. that's the whole parameter. one pointer, so many possibilities.

🦋 SEE ALSO

okay so this is the part where the manpage dumps its entire friend group on you and honestly? icon behavior. the kernel file this lives in is ./kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c, and here's the whole extended crew, all in their (9) era:

like, that's the whole group chat. read them all, they're family 💜

heads up bestie: there's no exit status, no flags, no environment variables, no warnings, no bugs section and no author/copyright/license lines on this one — the page is honestly just name, synopsis, the one argument, and the world's longest SEE ALSO. don't go looking for drama that isn't there 🙈

so yeah, that's cgroup_task_count(9) — short, sweet, counts tasks. main character energy in a one-liner, no cap 👑🌸

and before I go: huge shoutout to the source path ./kernel/cgroup, and to the October 2026 date on the tin. that's the version/date flex, that's the sign-off, bye bestie 💅💖✨

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