padata_do_serial(9)

💅 padata_do_serial(9) — the Kernel API Manual said "come through" ✨

okay so bestie, we are in the Kernel API Manual, and this function is padata_do_serial — the padata serialization function. It's giving "one tiny call, big serialization energy." 🦋

📜 NAME

padata_do_serial — padata serialization function.

🌸 SYNOPSIS

void padata_do_serial (struct padata_priv *padata );

🎀 ARGUMENTS

• padata — object to be serialized. That's the whole argument, bestie — cute, single, ready to mingle. 💖

✨ DESCRIPTION

okay so here's the tea: padata_do_serial must be called for every parallelized object. Every single one, no skipping. 📣

The serialization callback function will run with BHs off. That's literally the vibe — callback time, BHs off. 💅

👀 SEE ALSO

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

that's the whole page, bestie — no gatekeeping, no missing references, periodt. 🌈

sign-off szn 🎀: this iconic little entry comes from ./kernel, dated October 2026, and it's literally called padata_do_serial(9). mwah 💋✨