nfp_cpp_area_name(9)

💅 nfp_cpp_area_name(9) — the Kernel API Manual, but make it cute

okay so bestie, this one's from the Kernel API Manual and it's genuinely the shortest little icon in the whole CPP area family. no cap, it's a one-job function and it does that job flawlessly. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

nfp_cpp_area_name — returns the name of a CPP area 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

const char * nfp_cpp_area_name (struct nfp_cpp_area *cpp_area );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one arg in, a const char * out 💖

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• cpp_area — your CPP area handle, aka the little ticket that says "yes ma'am, this area right here" 🎟️

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

you get the name of the area back — or NULL if there isn't one. so like, always check before you go printing it, bestie, NULL will absolutely humble you 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is the part where the manpage goes full main-character and lists literally everyone in the group chat. so many icons. obsessed 💅

• 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_free(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_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)

like, the whole extended universe. iykyk 🦋

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tl;dr — hand over the cpp_area, get the name back, watch out for NULL. that's the whole page, periodt 💀💖

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and that's the page, bestie!! source/version line was ./drivers/net/ethernet/netrono... and it's dated October 2026, footer tag nfp_cpp_area_name(9) — stan a manpage that knows exactly how short it can be and doesn't pad it out 🎀✨👑