pids_cancel(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to pids_cancel(9) from the Kernel API Manual ✨ its whole thing? uncharge the local pid count. that's the vibe, periodt 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void pids_cancel (struct pids_cgroup *pids , int num );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pids — the pid cgroup state. yes ma'am, that's the cgroup state you're handing over 🫶
• num — the number of pids to cancel. literally how many pids you're cancelling, no cap 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this function will WARN if the pid count goes under 0 — and bestie, that is not a cute look 😭 because such a case is a bug in the pids controller proper. like, it's giving "something went wrong upstream," not "oopsie." keep an eye on that vibe check 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./kernel/cgroup/pids.c
• pids_uncharge(9)
• pids_charge(9)
• pids_try_charge(9)

mwah 💋 signing off from ./kernel/cgroup, October 2026, pids_cancel(9) — source/version energy and date all accounted for, fr fr 🎀