padata_set_cpumask(9)

💅 padata_set_cpumask(9) 💅

okay bestie, this is the Kernel API Manual entry for padata_set_cpumask, and it's literally the glow-up for a cpumask. no cap. ✨

💖 NAME 💖

padata_set_cpumask — sets the cpumask specified by @cpumask_type to the value equivalent to @cpumask. periodt. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int padata_set_cpumask (struct padata_instance *pinst , int cpumask_type
       , cpumask_var_t cpumask );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pinst — the padata instance we're working with, bestie. That's the main character here.
• cpumask_type — this one picks which mask gets the makeover: PADATA_CPU_SERIAL or PADATA_CPU_PARALLEL, corresponding to parallel and serial cpumasks respectively. iykyk 💅
• cpumask — the cpumask to use. iconic. ✨

🔥 RETURN 🔥

0 on success, or a negative error code if things did not slay. 😭💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./kernel/padata.c and the whole squad:

• padata_do_parallel(9)
• padata_do_serial(9)
• padata_do_multithreaded(9)
• padata_alloc(9)
• padata_free(9)
• padata_alloc_shell(9)
• padata_free_shell(9)

🎀 that's the whole page, bestie. source/version: ./kernel; date: October 2026. go off and set those cpumasks 💖🦋