misc_cg_set_capacity(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 misc_cg_set_capacity(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page you actually wanna read

okay bestie, so this is misc_cg_set_capacity(9) from the Kernel API Manual and it's genuinely such a vibe once you get what it's doing. sit down, hydrate, let's go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

misc_cg_set_capacity — literally sets the capacity of the misc cgroup res. that's it, that's the whole thing 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int misc_cg_set_capacity (enum misc_res_type type , u64 capacity );

look at her. two args, one int return. main character energy fr 🔥

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • type — the type of the misc res. which flavor of resource are we talking about, bestie?
  • capacity — the supported capacity of the misc res on the host. like, how much can the host actually give you 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea: if capacity is 0 then the charging a misc cgroup fails for that type. yeah. zero means no charging for that type, periodt. 🙈

⭐ CONTEXT ⭐

Any context. no restrictions, no gatekeeping, she's flexible like that ✨

👑 RETURN 👑

  • 0 — successfully registered the capacity. we love a happy ending 💜
  • -EINVAL — if type is invalid. like, that's not a real type, bestie 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go check out the kernel file ./kernel/cgroup/misc.c plus these icons:

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ngl, the whole thing lives in ./kernel/cgroup and this page was dated October 2026 — writing to you from the future, bestie 💀🦋

k bye, go set some capacity, slay 💖🎀

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