misc_cg_alloc(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, this is misc_cg_alloc(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it does exactly one iconic thing: misc_cg_alloc — Allocate misc cgroup. that's the main character move. 💅✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct cgroup_subsys_state * misc_cg_alloc (struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• parent_css — the parent cgroup. yep, that's the one it's attached to. 🫶

🫶 CONTEXT 🫶

Process context. that's the whole vibe check here. 🎀

🎀 RETURN 🎀

• struct cgroup_subsys_state* — css of the allocated cgroup. slay, you got your css. 💖
• ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) — No memory available to allocate. 😭 no memory, no cgroup, that's the rule.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./kernel/cgroup/misc.c — and the whole friend group:

• parent_misc(9)
• valid_type(9)
• misc_cg_set_capacity(9)
• misc_cg_cancel_charge(9)
• misc_cg_try_charge(9)
• misc_cg_uncharge(9)
• misc_cg_max_show(9)
• misc_cg_max_write(9)
• misc_cg_current_show(9)
• misc_cg_peak_show(9)
• misc_cg_capacity_show(9)
• misc_cg_free(9)

and that's the page, bestie 💜 source/version is ./kernel/cgroup, date is October 2026, and this little misc_cg_alloc(9) icon is officially signing off. periodt. 🎀🌈