ipc_imem_channel_free(9)
π ipc_imem_channel_free β from the Kernel API Manual, section 9
okay so bestie, this one's a lil function from the Kernel API Manual (ipc_imem_channel_free(9), section 9) and honestly? it does exactly what it says on the tin. no plot twist, no secret lore. it's short and it's sweet and we're gonna get through it together π«Ά
β¨ NAME β¨
ipc_imem_channel_free β Free an IPC channel. that's it, that's the whole job. she's a liberator π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
void ipc_imem_channel_free (struct ipc_mem_channel *channel );
no return value, she just does the thing. void, iconic, no notes β¨
π ARGUMENTS π
channelβ the channel to be freed. that's the one getting the β¨releaseβ¨ treatment, bestie. hand her over and she's gone π¨
π¦ SEE ALSO π¦
okay so here's the little fam, all hanging out in the Kernel file ./drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem.h β go say hi to all of them, they're literally all interconnected iykyk:
enum ipc_ctype(9)struct ipc_pipe(9)struct ipc_mem_channel(9)enum ipc_phase(9)struct iosm_imem(9)ipc_imem_init(9)ipc_imem_pm_s2idle_sleep(9)ipc_imem_pm_suspend(9)ipc_imem_pm_resume(9)ipc_imem_cleanup(9)ipc_imem_irq_process(9)imem_get_device_sleep_state(9)ipc_imem_td_update_timer_suspend(9)ipc_imem_channel_close(9)ipc_imem_channel_alloc(9)ipc_imem_channel_open(9)ipc_imem_td_update_timer_start(9)ipc_imem_ul_write_td(9)ipc_imem_ul_send(9)ipc_imem_channel_update(9)ipc_imem_hrtimer_stop(9)ipc_imem_pipe_cleanup(9)ipc_imem_pipe_close(9)ipc_imem_phase_update(9)ipc_imem_phase_get_string(9)ipc_imem_msg_send_feature_set(9)ipc_imem_ipc_init_check(9)ipc_imem_channel_init(9)ipc_imem_devlink_trigger_chip_info(9)
ngl this page is like, the shortest meet-cute ever β you allocate, you open, you free. the whole friend group's in the SEE ALSO list if you want the full arc ππ
and that's the vibe check, bestie π§ sourced from ./drivers/net/wwan/iosm, dated October 2026, and that's the ipc_imem_channel_free(9) page β slay, go free your channels responsibly ππ
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