nsm_release(9)

✨ nsm_release(9) ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes bestie, the kernel has a whole manual and this is our little corner of it 🎀 it's called nsm_release, and it's genuinely so simple it's almost iconic for it.

💖 NAME 💖

nsm_release — release an NSM handle. that's it. that's the whole vibe. one job, no notes 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void nsm_release (struct nsm_handle *nsm );

look at her. void return, one pointer in, no drama, no cap 🦋

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• nsm — pointer to the handle that's getting released. that's the one, that's the whole arg, she's carrying the entire function on her shoulders 🫶

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

if you're the kind of person who reads the whole friend group's lore (and you should, lowkey):

• the kernel file ./fs/lockd/mon.c — that's where the source lives, the main character's actual address 🏠
• nsm_monitor(9)
• nsm_unmonitor(9)
• nsm_get_handle(9)
• nsm_reboot_lookup(9)

like... the whole squad is here. go say hi 🌈

and that's the page, bestie, literally all of it, no skips 💀 this little gem comes to you from ./fs/lockd and it's dated October 2026 — yes, it's giving time traveler, periodt ✨🍓