netdev_alloc_frag(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 netdev_alloc_frag(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so real talk, this one's from the Kernel API Manual and it's honestly so short and sweet, like a little snack. let's get into it 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

netdev_alloc_frag — the function that allocates a page fragment. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void * netdev_alloc_frag (unsigned int fragsz );

look at her go. returns a void *, takes one unsigned int. iconic signature, no notes ✨

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • fragsz — the fragment size, bestie. that's the number you're passing in. it's literally just how big the frag is 💅

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so what does she do? she allocates a frag from a page, for a receive buffer. that's the whole job 🎀

and the important detail, no cap: it uses GFP_ATOMIC allocations. so yeah, that's the memory-allocation context it's rolling with 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bestie. buckle up. this list is long — like, main-character-length. but every single one of these is a real one, so here we go 💀

the kernel file is ./include/linux/skbuff.h, and it points you at:

like, she knows everyone at the party, fr fr 💀✨

that's the whole page bestie, short and slay 💅 this one lives in ./include/linux and the version stamp says October 2026 — so like, from the future, obsessed 🦋👑 catch you in the next manpage, mwah 🎀

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