dsemul_thread_cleanup(9)

💅 dsemul_thread_cleanup(9) — straight from the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay bestie, gather round 🫶 this is the dsemul_thread_cleanup(9) page, and it’s lowkey a tiny cleanup baddie from the Kernel API Manual. Let’s get into it 💖

🎀 NAME

dsemul_thread_cleanup — cleanup thread 'emulation' frame 🧹✨

📜 SYNOPSIS

bool dsemul_thread_cleanup (struct task_struct *tsk );

🫶 ARGUMENTS

• tsk — the struct task_struct associated with the thread. That’s the task structure for the thread we’re talking about 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION

If the thread tsk has a branch delay slot 'emulation' frame allocated to it, then free that frame. That’s the assignment, and it ate. No extra lore, no side quests — just free the frame if it’s there 🧚💖

🔥 RETURN

true if a frame was freed, else false. Periodt. 💀✨

🦋 SEE ALSO

• Kernel file ./arch/mips/include/asm/dsemul.h
• mips_dsemul(9)
• do_dsemulret(9)
• dsemul_thread_rollback(9)
• dsemul_mm_cleanup(9)

— signed off with sparkles from ./arch/mips/include/asm, October 2026 🎀💖