nfp_cpp_mutex_trylock(9)

💅 nfp_cpp_mutex_trylock 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — this little cutie is nfp_cpp_mutex_trylock, and yes the name is a mouthful but we move 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

nfp_cpp_mutex_trylock — attempt to lock a mutex handle 💖

like, it tries. it does not wait around. main character energy fr fr 👑

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int nfp_cpp_mutex_trylock (struct nfp_cpp_mutex *mutex );

that's it, that's the whole vibe 🎀

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• mutex — the NFP CPP Mutex handle 💅 this is the thing you're trying to lock, bestie

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 if the lock succeeded 🎉 slay, you got it
• -errno on failure 😭 nope, try again later

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_mutex.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖
• nfp_cpp_mutex_init(9)
• nfp_cpp_mutex_alloc(9)
• nfp_cpp_mutex_free(9)
• nfp_cpp_mutex_lock(9)
• nfp_cpp_mutex_unlock(9)
• nfp_cpp_mutex_reclaim(9)

the whole mutex friend group honestly, they're all iconic 👑✨

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lowkey reminder: this is the try version, so don't expect it to sit there waiting for you like nfp_cpp_mutex_lock(9) does 💀 check that 0 and move on

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okay that's the whole page!! mwah 💋 this cutie lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/netrono... and we're stamped October 2026, so if you're reading this from the future — hi bestie, hope your mutex locked 🦋🌸💜