generic_pipe_buf_release(9)

💅 generic_pipe_buf_release(9) — Kernel API Manual, but make it make sense 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual corner where we talk about generic_pipe_buf_release and putting a reference to a &struct pipe_buffer. no cap, this is the whole vibe. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

generic_pipe_buf_release — put a reference to a &struct pipe_buffer. 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void generic_pipe_buf_release (struct pipe_inode_info *pipe , struct pipe_buffer *buf );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pipe — the pipe that the buffer belongs to, periodt.
• buf — the buffer to put a reference to, bestie.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This function releases a reference to buf. that's it, that's the whole main character moment. literally just releases a reference to buf. 💅

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./fs/pipe.c
• generic_pipe_buf_try_steal(9)
• generic_pipe_buf_get(9)

go off, kernel file, we see you. 👑

xoxo from the ./fs crew — October 2026 — and yes, this was generic_pipe_buf_release(9) 💅🫶