knav_pool_create(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ NAME ✨

knav_pool_create — Create a pool of descriptors 💅

okay so real talk, this is knav_pool_create(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it literally just makes you a whole pool of descriptors. that's the vibe. 🫶

💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

void * knav_pool_create (const char *name , int num_desc , int region_id );

that's the whole signature bestie, no cap. three args in, a void * out. ✨

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • name — the name you wanna give the pool handle 🏷️ like, its whole identity fr fr
  • num_desc — numbers of descriptors in the pool 🔢 yes plural "numbers", that's what the page says, i'm not gonna fix it, i'm just the messenger 😭
  • region_id — the QMSS region id where the descriptors are gonna be allocated from 🗺️ that's the source of truth for where they live

🌸 RETURN 🌸

you get a pool handle on success 💖 iconic, we love a happy ending.

but bestie, listen — use IS_ERR_OR_NULL to identify error values on return ⚠️ don't just raw-dog that pointer, check it properly. this is your sign. 🚨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./drivers/soc/ti/knav_qmss_queue.c 📁 and these whole icons:

go read all of them, i'll wait 💜

k bye, this page lives in ./drivers/soc/ti, dated October 2026 🌈 mwah, love u, read the man page 🎀💖

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