parent_misc(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, meet parent_misc(9) from the Kernel API Manual — the little helper that does exactly one thing: Get the parent of the passed misc cgroup. no cap, that's the name and the whole job. 💅✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct misc_cg * parent_misc (struct misc_cg *cgroup );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• cgroup — cgroup whose parent needs to be fetched. that's the entire assignment, bestie 🫶

🦋 CONTEXT 🦋

Any context. literally any context, no special vibe check needed ✨

💖 RETURN 💖

• struct misc_cg* — Parent of the cgroup. 👑
• NULL — If cgroup is null or the passed cgroup does not have a parent. 😭

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./kernel/cgroup/misc.c is right here, and these linked faves are all invited to the group chat:

• valid_type(9)
• misc_cg_set_capacity(9)
• misc_cg_cancel_charge(9)
• misc_cg_try_charge(9)
• misc_cg_uncharge(9)
• misc_cg_max_show(9)
• misc_cg_max_write(9)
• misc_cg_current_show(9)
• misc_cg_peak_show(9)
• misc_cg_capacity_show(9)
• misc_cg_alloc(9)
• misc_cg_free(9)

xoxo 💖 source/version: ./kernel/cgroup · date: October 2026 · parent_misc(9) out 💋