gen_pool_get(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to gen_pool_get(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this page is short, iconic, and here to tell you how to obtain the gen_pool (if any) for a device. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

gen_pool_get — Obtain the gen_pool (if any) for a device. periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct gen_pool * gen_pool_get (struct device *dev , const char *name );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — device to retrieve the gen_pool from. like, hand over the device bestie 🫶
• name — name of a gen_pool or NULL, identifies a particular gen_pool on device. iykyk ✨

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Returns the gen_pool for the device if one is present, or NULL. that's literally it, no cap 💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./lib/genalloc.c the source of truth, go off 👑

• gen_pool_create(9)
• gen_pool_add_owner(9)
• gen_pool_virt_to_phys(9)
• gen_pool_destroy(9)
• gen_pool_alloc_algo_owner(9)
• gen_pool_dma_alloc(9)
• gen_pool_dma_alloc_algo(9)
• gen_pool_dma_alloc_align(9)
• gen_pool_dma_zalloc(9)
• gen_pool_dma_zalloc_algo(9)
• gen_pool_dma_zalloc_align(9)
• gen_pool_free_owner(9)
• gen_pool_for_each_chunk(9)
• gen_pool_has_addr(9)
• gen_pool_avail(9)
• gen_pool_size(9)
• gen_pool_set_algo(9)
• gen_pool_first_fit(9)
• gen_pool_first_fit_align(9)
• gen_pool_fixed_alloc(9)
• gen_pool_first_fit_order_align(9)
• gen_pool_best_fit(9)
• devm_gen_pool_create(9)
• of_gen_pool_get(9)

byeee 🫶 — source is ./lib, dated October 2026, and this whole cute lil page is gen_pool_get(9). slay and read the source bestie 🌈