iwpm_free_nlmsg_request(9)

💅 iwpm_free_nlmsg_request(9) 💅

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual bestie, today we're looking at iwpm_free_nlmsg_request(9) and honestly? it's a short one, but it ATE. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

iwpm_free_nlmsg_request — deallocate the netlink message request 💀 (yes, that's the whole vibe: it frees the thing)

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void iwpm_free_nlmsg_request (struct kref *kref );

literally that's it. void return, one argument, no cap. 🌸

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• kref — holds the reference of the netlink message request 🔥 like, this is the reference-counter pointer for the netlink message request, she's the main character here

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file is right here, go be nosy:

Kernel file ./drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.h

and the whole friend group 💜:

• iwpm_get_nlmsg_request(9)
• iwpm_find_nlmsg_request(9)
• iwpm_wait_complete_req(9)
• iwpm_get_nlmsg_seq(9)
• iwpm_add_remote_info(9)
• iwpm_check_registration(9)
• iwpm_set_registration(9)
• iwpm_get_registration(9)
• iwpm_send_mapinfo(9)
• iwpm_mapinfo_available(9)
• iwpm_compare_sockaddr(9)
• iwpm_validate_nlmsg_attr(9)
• iwpm_create_nlmsg(9)
• iwpm_parse_nlmsg(9)
• iwpm_print_sockaddr(9)
• iwpm_send_hello(9)

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that's the whole page bestie, short and iconic ✨

shoutout to ./drivers/infiniband/core for the source, dated October 2026 — mwah, love that for us 💖🎀