padata_alloc_shell(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this Kernel API Manual entry is all about padata_alloc_shell (section 9), and it does exactly what it says on the label: it allocates and initializes a padata shell ✨ literally the setup moment.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

the signature is giving “short but iconic”:

struct padata_shell * padata_alloc_shell (struct padata_instance *pinst
);

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pinst — the parent padata_instance object 🫶 like, the main character it's branching from.

🌸 RETURN 🌸

• new shell on success 👑
• NULL on error 😭 no shell for you, bestie.

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

• Kernel file ./kernel/padata.c
• padata_do_parallel(9)
• padata_do_serial(9)
• padata_do_multithreaded(9)
• padata_set_cpumask(9)
• padata_alloc(9)
• padata_free(9)
• padata_free_shell(9)

source/version: ./kernel · date: October 2026 — that’s the whole lore, mwah 💋💖