cipso_v4_cache_invalidate(9)
β¨ cipso_v4_cache_invalidate(9) β¨
okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual π this one's a little function page and honestly it's giving "short and iconic" energy β no cap π
πΈ NAME πΈ
cipso_v4_cache_invalidate β invalidates the current CIPSO cache π§ like, wipes the slate clean, periodt
π SYNOPSIS π
void cipso_v4_cache_invalidate (void );
that's it. that's the whole signature. she's lowkey minimal π₯
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
voidβ no arguments π bestie she takes nothing, she's independent like that. main character energy fr fr
π DESCRIPTION π
So here's the tea β: this function invalidates and frees any entries that are currently chilling in the CIPSO cache.
That's the whole vibe check. Everything in the cache? Gone. Freed. Released back into the wild π no survivors, no leftovers, we love a clean sweep π
β οΈ heads up: it'svoidin andvoidout β no return value, no error, she just does the thing and leaves β¨
π₯ SEE ALSO π₯
Like, go read these too, they're all in the kernel file ./net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c and honestly the whole friend group is here π«Ά:
cipso_v4_cache_entry_free(9)cipso_v4_map_cache_hash(9)cipso_v4_cache_init(9)cipso_v4_cache_check(9)cipso_v4_cache_add(9)cipso_v4_doi_search(9)cipso_v4_doi_add(9)cipso_v4_doi_free(9)cipso_v4_doi_free_rcu(9)cipso_v4_doi_remove(9)cipso_v4_doi_getdef(9)cipso_v4_doi_putdef(9)cipso_v4_doi_walk(9)cipso_v4_map_lvl_valid(9)cipso_v4_map_lvl_hton(9)cipso_v4_map_lvl_ntoh(9)cipso_v4_map_cat_rbm_valid(9)cipso_v4_map_cat_rbm_hton(9)cipso_v4_map_cat_rbm_ntoh(9)cipso_v4_map_cat_enum_valid(9)cipso_v4_map_cat_enum_hton(9)cipso_v4_map_cat_enum_ntoh(9)cipso_v4_map_cat_rng_valid(9)cipso_v4_map_cat_rng_hton(9)cipso_v4_map_cat_rng_ntoh(9)cipso_v4_gentag_hdr(9)cipso_v4_gentag_rbm(9)cipso_v4_parsetag_rbm(9)cipso_v4_gentag_enum(9)cipso_v4_parsetag_enum(9)cipso_v4_gentag_rng(9)cipso_v4_parsetag_rng(9)cipso_v4_gentag_loc(9)cipso_v4_parsetag_loc(9)cipso_v4_optptr(9)cipso_v4_validate(9)cipso_v4_error(9)cipso_v4_genopt(9)cipso_v4_sock_setattr(9)cipso_v4_req_setattr(9)cipso_v4_delopt(9)cipso_v4_sock_delattr(9)cipso_v4_req_delattr(9)cipso_v4_getattr(9)cipso_v4_sock_getattr(9)cipso_v4_skbuff_setattr(9)cipso_v4_skbuff_delattr(9)cipso_v4_init(9)
okay that's the whole page bestie, you ate that π and for the sign-off: this little beauty lives over in ./net/ipv4, it's dated October 2026, and yeah β it's cipso_v4_cache_invalidate(9) through and through π mwah, go invalidate something (responsibly) ππ
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms