ecryptfs_init_kmem_caches(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ ecryptfs_init_kmem_caches(9) ✨

ok so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 🌸 β€” this one's a tiny little function page but she's iconic in her own lowkey way. It's ecryptfs_init_kmem_caches(9), and yes the (9) means kernel-land, we're literally in the filesystem guts rn πŸ’…


πŸ’– NAME πŸ’–

ecryptfs_init_kmem_caches β€”

and that's it. That's the whole description. The NAME line just ends on the dash and leaves us hanging 😭 no cap, the man page said "figure it out bestie" and honestly? main character energy.


πŸŽ€ SYNOPSIS πŸŽ€

int ecryptfs_init_kmem_caches (void );

Copy it exactly like that, spaces and all β€” int return type, void params, and yes there's a space before that closing paren, she's quirky like that πŸ¦‹


🌈 ARGUMENTS 🌈

  • void β€” no arguments. Zero. None. She takes nothing from you, she's completely self-sufficient πŸ‘‘

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

Here's the whole tea, and it's short:

  • Returns zero on success πŸŽ‰
  • Returns non-zero otherwise πŸ’€

That's literally it, fr fr. Zero = we slayed. Non-zero = something's off and you should vibe check your setup. The page doesn't say more than that, so I'm not gonna invent lore for it πŸ™ˆ


🫢 SEE ALSO 🫢


ok tiny warning from your girl: this page is genuinely this short. Don't go assuming extra behaviour, extra args, or extra error codes β€” if it's not written here, it's not written here πŸ’œ

and that's the whole page!! πŸ“ sign-off time: this lil beauty comes from the source path ./fs/ecryptfs, dated October 2026, living under the Kernel API Manual umbrella. mwah, go init those caches πŸ§šπŸ’–

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