nbcon_alloc(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to nbcon_alloc(9) from the Kernel API Manual — the page for Allocate and init the nbcon console specific data. It's giving "small allocation moment, huge console responsibility" ✨ and we're gonna walk through it together.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool nbcon_alloc (struct console *con );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • con — the Console to initialize. That's it, that's the whole guest list 🫶

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • True — if the console was fully allocated and initialized.
  • Otherwise con must not be registered. periodt 🚫

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

When allocation and init was successful, the console must be properly freed using nbcon_free once it is no longer needed. no cap, that's the whole post-allocation checklist: free it with nbcon_free when you're done with it. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./kernel/printk/nbcon.c — and the see-also squad is literally:

okay that's the whole page bestie — mwah 💋 source/version: ./kernel/printk; date: October 2026; nbcon_alloc(9) out. 💖

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