ibmvmc_get_free_hmc(9)

💖 ibmvmc_get_free_hmc 💖

okay so this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and the whole vibe is: get a free HMC Connection if one is available. no cap, it’s a tiny little lookup bestie ✨

✨ NAME ✨

ibmvmc_get_free_hmc — Get Free HMC

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct ibmvmc_hmc * ibmvmc_get_free_hmc (void );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• void — no arguments. literally none, zero, the function said “i need nothing from u” 💅

🌸 RETURN 🌸

A pointer to an available HMC Connection. Otherwise, Null. that’s the whole return situation, bestie 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/misc/ibmvmc.c — plus the whole friend group:

• 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_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_close(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)

mwah 💋 source check: this cutie comes from ./drivers/misc, dated October 2026, and it’s still ibmvmc_get_free_hmc(9). byeee, go get that free HMC bestie 🧚✨