mpi_get_size(9)

💅 mpi_get_size(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the glow-up era of mpi_get_size(9) ✨ this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the shortest little icon ever — but she still ate, so let's give her the respect she deserves 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

mpi_get_size — returns max size required to store the number 💖

like, that's it. that's the whole job. she tells you the biggest buffer you could possibly need to hold your number, no cap 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

unsigned int mpi_get_size (MPI a );

yup, one argument, one unsigned int coming back out. clean, minimal, main character energy 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• a — a multi precision integer for which we want to allocate a buffer. like, the MPI you're asking about, bestie. the one you're gonna need space for 💜

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

size required to store the number 🔥 that's the value it hands back to you — the size you need to store the number. no drama, no surprises 💅

ngl this is the kind of function that just does its little thing and doesn't need a whole backstory, and honestly? respect 😭

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• Kernel file ./include/linux/mpi.h — go look at the header if you wanna see the whole family, iykyk 🌈

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okay bye bestie, go forth and allocate responsibly 🍓💖💫

sign-off time, obligatory legal-ish cute version: this lil page lives in ./include/linux, it's dated October 2026, and it's mpi_get_size(9) — periodt 🎀🫶