octeon_alloc_temp_buffer(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for octeon_alloc_temp_buffer — it does exactly what it says on the tin: allocate a temporary buffer for USB transfer (if needed) 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int octeon_alloc_temp_buffer (struct urb *urb , gfp_t mem_flags );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• urb — URB. that's the whole description, no cap 🫶
• mem_flags — Memory allocation flags. yes ma'am, the flags for allocating memory ✨

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so here's the tea: this function allocates a temporary bounce buffer whenever it's needed due to HW limitations. that's literally its whole moment, and it ate 🔥

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

like, go look at the Kernel file ./drivers/usb/host/octeon-hcd.c and also these iconic little friends:

• enum cvmx_usb_speed(9)
• enum cvmx_usb_transfer(9)
• enum cvmx_usb_direction(9)
• enum cvmx_usb_status(9)
• struct cvmx_usb_port_status(9)
• struct cvmx_usb_iso_packet(9)
• enum cvmx_usb_initialize_flags(9)
• enum cvmx_usb_pipe_flags(9)
• struct cvmx_usb_transaction(9)
• struct cvmx_usb_pipe(9)
• struct octeon_hcd(9)
• struct octeon_temp_buffer(9)
• octeon_free_temp_buffer(9)
• octeon_map_urb_for_dma(9)
• octeon_unmap_urb_for_dma(9)

final vibe check 🎀 this page is brought to you by the ./drivers/usb/host source/version and it's dated October 2026 — periodt, go read the source bestie 💖🌈