page_counter_cancel(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual and today's icon is page_counter_cancel(9) — the function that takes pages out of the local counter 💅✨ no cap, that's the whole name vibe.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

       void page_counter_cancel (struct page_counter *counter , unsigned long
       nr_pages );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• counter — counter. yes bestie, the description is literally just "counter". it's the counter. that's the assignment. 😭💅
• nr_pages — number of pages to cancel. how many pages are we taking out? this many. slay 🦋

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./mm/page_counter.c — the source file, bestie, go look at it when you want the full lore 📖✨

• page_counter_charge(9)
• page_counter_try_charge(9)
• page_counter_uncharge(9)
• page_counter_set_max(9)
• page_counter_set_min(9)
• page_counter_set_low(9)
• page_counter_memparse(9)
• page_counter_calculate_protection(9)

xoxo, that's page_counter_cancel(9) from ./mm, October 2026 edition — leaving you with all the page-counter bestie energy 💖🎀✨ periodt.