octeon_kill_core(9)

Hey bestie 💖 welcome to the octeon_kill_core(9) page from the Kernel API Manual. Yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like: permanently stop a core. Not a nap. Not a timeout. Permanent. 💀 Slay, but carefully.

bestie, the word is permanently. This is not a soft pause, okay? 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

octeon_kill_core — permanently stop a core. That’s the whole assignment, no cap. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void octeon_kill_core (void *arg );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• arg — ignored. Like, fully ignored. The function sees it, goes “mmhm cute,” and moves on with main-character energy. 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c and the rest of the Octeon crew:

• octeon_is_simulation(9)
• octeon_is_pci_host(9)
• octeon_get_clock_rate(9)
• octeon_write_lcd(9)
• octeon_get_boot_uart(9)
• octeon_get_boot_coremask(9)
• octeon_check_cpu_bist(9)
• octeon_restart(9)
• octeon_halt(9)
• octeon_board_type_string(9)
• prom_init(9)

Cute lil sign-off 🎀: this page is from ./arch/mips/cavium-octeon, dated October 2026, and it’s serving octeon_kill_core(9) energy. Byeee 💅✨