gen_pool_size(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 gen_pool_size — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the gen_pool_size(9) page, straight out of the Kernel API Manual 🎀 — it's short, it's sweet, and it's giving "one job and it does it slayfully."

🌸 NAME 🌸

gen_pool_size — get size in bytes of memory managed by the pool 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

size_t gen_pool_size (struct gen_pool *pool );

like, that's it. that's the whole vibe. one function, one pointer, one size_t coming back at you 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • pool — the pool you wanna get the size of. that's the one. the main character of this function call 👑

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Return size in bytes of memory managed by the pool.

fr fr that's the whole thing — it hands you back a size_t, and that number is the size, in bytes, of the memory your pool is managing. no cap, no side quests, no surprises 💀✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file is ./lib/genalloc.c and honestly the whole genalloc friend group is here — go say hi 💖

bestie note 🫶: this page lives in ./lib and it's dated October 2026 — so yes, it's basically from the future, iconic behavior honestly ⭐

and that's a wrap on gen_pool_size(9) 💅 go forth and measure your pools, you absolute legend 🧚‍♀️💖

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