cipso_v4_cache_entry_free(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 cipso_v4_cache_entry_free(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie 💖

okay so you're in the Kernel API Manual and you found cipso_v4_cache_entry_free(9) — this is the one that does the cleanup, the closure, the "we're so done here" moment ✨ read on, it's short and it slays.

✨ NAME ✨

cipso_v4_cache_entry_free — frees a cache entry 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void cipso_v4_cache_entry_free (struct cipso_v4_map_cache_entry *entry
);

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • entry — the entry to free. that's it, that's the whole vibe. hand her the entry and she handles the rest 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so this function frees the memory associated with a cache entry — including the LSM cache data, but only if there are no longer any users, i.e. when the reference count is == 0. no users, no data, no problem. refcount not at zero? then bestie, this is not the moment, and that LSM cache data stays right where it is 😌

ngl it's giving "reference-counted cleanup realness" — the whole deal hinges on that == 0 check, no cap 🔥

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the whole squad, fr fr — Kernel file ./net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c plus:

like, that's the entire group chat and they all ate 💀👑

🏁 and that's the page, bestie 🏁

this lil icon lives in ./net/ipv4, it's dated October 2026, and the whole thing is filed under cipso_v4_cache_entry_free(9) — go free that entry (respectfully, refcount permitting) 🧚‍♀️💖🌸

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