genpool_algo_t(9)

👑 genpool_algo_t(9) 👑

okay so bestie, this is the genpool_algo_t(9) page straight outta the Kernel API Manual ✨ and it's literally the allocation callback function type definition. no cap, that's the whole vibe.

🌸 NAME 🌸

genpool_algo_t — allocation callback function type definition 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the signature, verbatim, don't touch the commas bestie:

unsigned long genpool_algo_t (unsigned long *map , unsigned long size ,
       unsigned long start , unsigned int nr , void *data , struct gen_pool
       *pool , unsigned long start_addr );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• map — pointer to bitmap 🗺️
• size — the bitmap size in bits 🔢
• start — the bitnumber to start searching at 🔎
• nr — the number of zeroed bits we're looking for 🕵️‍♀️
• data — optional additional data used by the callback 🎒
• pool — the pool being allocated from 🏊
• start_addr — start address of memory chunk 📍

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./include/linux/genalloc.h gen_pool_add(9), gen_pool_alloc(9) 👀

mwah 💋 signing off from source/version ./include/linux, dated October 2026 — that's the page, bestie, periodt 🫶