nfp_cpp_area_free(9)
π nfp_cpp_area_free β kernel API manual, but make it make sense
okay so bestie, welcome to the nfp_cpp_area_free(9) page π this is the kernel API manual for a tiny little cleanup function, and honestly? she's short but she matters. let's get into it.
β¨ NAME β¨
nfp_cpp_area_free β free up the CPP area π«Ά
like, she literally frees the thing. that's the whole job. no cap.
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
void nfp_cpp_area_free (struct nfp_cpp_area *area );
note the void β she returns nothing, she just does the thing and dips π
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
areaβ the CPP area handle π this is the thing you're freeing. your little handle bestie. the one you got from an alloc somewhere.
β DESCRIPTION β
Frees up memory resources held by the CPP area.
that's it. that's the whole description. she's a one-liner and she KNOWS it π the memory resources that this CPP area was holding onto? they're gone now. released. set free. main character exit energy.
ngl the manpage is genuinely this brief β no hidden lore, no extra flags, no caveats listed here. do not invent any π
π SEE ALSO π
okay this is where the page goes absolutely feral β the SEE ALSO section is stacked. like, forty-seven entries. she ate. here's every single one, no skips, no cuts π
- the kernel file
./drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c struct nfp_cpp(9)nfp_cpp_free(9)nfp_cpp_model(9)nfp_cpp_interface(9)nfp_cpp_serial(9)nfp_cpp_area_alloc_with_name(9)nfp_cpp_area_alloc(9)nfp_cpp_area_alloc_acquire(9)nfp_cpp_area_acquire(9)nfp_cpp_area_acquire_nonblocking(9)nfp_cpp_area_release(9)nfp_cpp_area_release_free(9)nfp_cpp_area_read(9)nfp_cpp_area_write(9)nfp_cpp_area_size(9)nfp_cpp_area_name(9)nfp_cpp_area_priv(9)nfp_cpp_area_cpp(9)nfp_cpp_area_resource(9)nfp_cpp_area_phys(9)nfp_cpp_area_iomem(9)nfp_cpp_area_readl(9)nfp_cpp_area_writel(9)nfp_cpp_area_readq(9)nfp_cpp_area_writeq(9)nfp_cpp_area_fill(9)nfp_cpp_area_cache_add(9)nfp_cpp_read(9)nfp_cpp_write(9)nfp_xpb_readl(9)nfp_xpb_writel(9)nfp_xpb_writelm(9)nfp_cpp_from_operations(9)nfp_cpp_priv(9)nfp_cpp_device(9)nfp_cpp_explicit_acquire(9)nfp_cpp_explicit_set_target(9)nfp_cpp_explicit_set_data(9)nfp_cpp_explicit_set_signal(9)nfp_cpp_explicit_set_posted(9)nfp_cpp_explicit_put(9)nfp_cpp_explicit_do(9)nfp_cpp_explicit_get(9)nfp_cpp_explicit_release(9)nfp_cpp_explicit_cpp(9)nfp_cpp_explicit_priv(9)
and that's the whole page, bestie π short, sweet, and fully documented. iykyk β¨
sign-off time π this page came from the kernel API manual, sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/netrono... (yes the path really is truncated like that in the footer, don't come for me π), dated October 2026, and the whole vibe is nfp_cpp_area_free(9) β periodt. π
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π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms