ibmvmc_close(9)

💖 ibmvmc_close — Close Session 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to ibmvmc_close(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this is the close-session girlie and she is literally right here to explain herself. no cap, the facts are all staying, only the vibe is getting a glow-up. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ibmvmc_close — Close Session

like yes, that's the whole name, and she ate. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ibmvmc_close (struct inode *inode , struct file *file );

that's the exact signature, character for character — do not come for her spacing, she's iconic. 👑

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• inode — the inode struct. yes ma'am, that's the whole description. 🫶
• file — the file struct. also exactly what it says on the label. 💖

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 — Success. slay. ✅
• Non-zero — Failure. not slay, but very important to know. 😭

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

okay so there is a whole friend group here, and you will be meeting all of them. the kernel file is ./drivers/misc/ibmvmc.c, and these are the related manual pages — every single one, fr fr:

• h_request_vmc(9)
• ibmvmc_handle_event(9)
• ibmvmc_release_crq_queue(9)
• ibmvmc_reset_crq_queue(9)
• crq_queue_next_crq(9)
• ibmvmc_send_crq(9)
• alloc_dma_buffer(9)
• free_dma_buffer(9)
• ibmvmc_get_valid_hmc_buffer(9)
• ibmvmc_get_free_hmc_buffer(9)
• ibmvmc_free_hmc_buffer(9)
• ibmvmc_count_hmc_buffers(9)
• ibmvmc_get_free_hmc(9)
• ibmvmc_return_hmc(9)
• ibmvmc_send_open(9)
• ibmvmc_send_close(9)
• ibmvmc_send_capabilities(9)
• ibmvmc_send_add_buffer_resp(9)
• ibmvmc_send_rem_buffer_resp(9)
• ibmvmc_send_msg(9)
• ibmvmc_open(9)
• ibmvmc_read(9)
• ibmvmc_poll(9)
• ibmvmc_write(9)
• ibmvmc_setup_hmc(9)
• ibmvmc_ioctl_sethmcid(9)
• ibmvmc_ioctl_query(9)
• ibmvmc_ioctl_requestvmc(9)
• ibmvmc_ioctl(9)
• ibmvmc_add_buffer(9)
• ibmvmc_rem_buffer(9)
• ibmvmc_process_capabilities(9)
• ibmvmc_validate_hmc_session(9)
• ibmvmc_reset(9)
• ibmvmc_reset_task(9)
• ibmvmc_process_open_resp(9)
• ibmvmc_process_close_resp(9)
• ibmvmc_crq_process(9)
• ibmvmc_handle_crq_init(9)
• ibmvmc_handle_crq(9)
• ibmvmc_init_crq_queue(9)

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bestie note: that SEE ALSO list is long, but it's giving "read the whole group chat before you reply." don't skip it. 💀

signed, sealed, and served with main-character energy by ./drivers/misc, October 2026, for ibmvmc_close(9) 🎀💖✨