kmsan_slab_free(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 kmsan_slab_free 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — this little page is all about kmsan_slab_free, and it's gonna be quick but iconic. grab your strawberry drink 🍓 and let's go.

✨ NAME ✨

kmsan_slab_free — the function that notifies KMSAN that a slab object is being deallocated 🫶 like, it's literally just the memo going out that this thing is gone.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void kmsan_slab_free (struct kmem_cache *s , void *object );

that's it. two args. no cap. 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • s — the slab cache the object belongs to 🧚 the object's home, basically.
  • object — the object pointer itself 🦋 yep, the pointer to the thing.

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so here's the vibe: KMSAN marks the freed object as uninitialized. that's the whole thing, bestie — that's the assignment and it ate 💀🔥

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

the whole friend group is here, iykyk ✨ Kernel file ./include/linux/kmsan.h plus:

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sign-off time 🎀: this beauty comes from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it's the kmsan_slab_free(9) page — periodt. 💅✨

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