iucv_path_alloc(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’– NAME πŸ’–

okay so welcome to iucv_path_alloc(9), bestie β€” straight outta the Kernel API Manual ✨ This is the entry for iucv_path_alloc, and its whole thing is: allocate a new path structure for use with iucv_connect. That's the vibe 🫢

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct iucv_path * iucv_path_alloc (u16 msglim , u8 flags , gfp_t gfp );

πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • msglim β€” the initial message limit. starting value energy πŸ’…
  • flags β€” the initial flags. yep, flags that are initial ✨
  • gfp β€” the kmalloc allocation flag. memory-allocation vibe check 🧚

🌸 RETURN 🌸

So what comes back? Either NULL if the memory allocation failed 😭, or a pointer to the path structure πŸ‘‘. That's it, periodt.

πŸ¦‹ SEE ALSO πŸ¦‹

  • Kernel file ./include/net/iucv/iucv.h β€” go peek, iykyk πŸ’–
  • iucv_path_free(9) β€” the free-er to this alloc-alloc, bestie 🫢

okay bye bestie! this page is signing off from ./include/net/iucv, dated October 2026 β€” mwah, slay, and happy path-allocating πŸ’…βœ¨

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