mtree_destroy(9)

💖 mtree_destroy(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the star of the show is literally mtree_destroy, no cap. it destroys a maple tree. that's it. that's the vibe.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mtree_destroy — Destroy a maple tree 🍁💀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void mtree_destroy (struct maple_tree *mt );

like, that's the whole signature. void in, void out, tree gone. iykyk.

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• mt — the maple tree. the one and only. the tree in question. the main character, honestly.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: mtree_destroy frees all resources used by the tree. all of them. every last one. it's giving cleanup era ✨🧹

and like, plot twist that's actually slay: it handles locking for you. you don't gotta do the lock dance yourself. it just does it. iconic behaviour fr fr 💅

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

this list is LOWKEY huge, bestie, so buckle up — the kernel file lives at ./lib/maple_tree.c and here's every single friend in the maple tree group chat 🫶:

• mas_prealloc_calc(9)
• mas_wr_preallocate(9)
• mas_insert(9)
• mas_alloc_cyclic(9)
• mas_walk(9)
• mte_dead_walk(9)
• mt_free_walk(9)
• mas_store(9)
• mas_store_gfp(9)
• mas_store_prealloc(9)
• mas_preallocate(9)
• mas_next(9)
• mas_next_range(9)
• mt_next(9)
• mas_prev(9)
• mas_prev_range(9)
• mt_prev(9)
• mas_pause(9)
• mas_find_setup(9)
• mas_find(9)
• mas_find_range(9)
• mas_find_rev_setup(9)
• mas_find_rev(9)
• mas_find_range_rev(9)
• mas_erase(9)
• mas_nomem(9)
• mas_nomem_nofail(9)
• mtree_load(9)
• mtree_store_range(9)
• mtree_store(9)
• mtree_insert_range(9)
• mtree_insert(9)
• mtree_alloc_cyclic(9)
• mtree_erase(9)
• __mt_dup(9)
• mtree_dup(9)
• __mt_destroy(9)
• mt_find(9)
• mt_find_after(9)

ngl __mt_destroy(9) is right there in the list too, so if you're feeling spicy and want the underscore twin, you know where to look 👀

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laterrr bestie!! this page came from the ./lib corner of the kernel and it's dated October 2026, signed sealed delivered as mtree_destroy(9) 🎀✨💜