page_pool_dev_alloc_frag(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 page_pool_dev_alloc_frag — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so, hi! this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about page_pool_dev_alloc_frag. it's short, it's sweet, it's giving "small function, big job" energy. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

page_pool_dev_alloc_frag — allocate a page fragment. that's it. that's the whole name. lowkey iconic that they just say it straight 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct page * page_pool_dev_alloc_frag (struct page_pool *pool ,
unsigned int *offset , unsigned int size );

like, look at it. a return type of struct page *, three arguments, no drama. she's neat, she's tidy, she's ready for you 💜

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • pool — the pool you're pulling from. this is your pool, bestie, the one you're allocating out of 🌊
  • offset — offset to the allocated page. it'll point you at where in the page your fragment actually lives 👀
  • size — requested size. how much you want. be honest about it fr fr 📏

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

Get a page fragment from the page allocator or page_pool caches. that's the whole vibe — the function goes and fetches you a fragment, and it might come straight from the page allocator or out of the page_pool caches, iykyk 🧚

🔥 RETURN 🔥

the allocated page fragment 💖 …or NULL if it couldn't hook you up 😭 so like, always check, okay? no cap, check your pointer.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

soooo much good stuff in the family. the kernel file is ./include/net/page_pool/helpers.h, and everything here lives in the page_pool allocator(9) universe 👑

go read them all, main character energy only 💅

and that's the whole page, bestie 🍓 this cutie came out of ./include/net/page_pool, dated October 2026, and it's filed under the page_pool_dev_alloc_frag(9) name — go forth and allocate responsibly ✨🦋💖

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