pipapo_realloc_scratch(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 pipapo_realloc_scratch(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes, that's the manual name, we're fancy now 👑 — and today's main character is pipapo_realloc_scratch. It lives in section 9, it's a kernel function, and it's lowkey doing the glow-up work of resizing the scratch space used for partial match results. no cap. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

pipapo_realloc_scratch — literally reallocates the scratch maps for partial match results. that's it, that's the whole vibe. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int pipapo_realloc_scratch (struct nft_pipapo_match *clone , unsigned
long bsize_max );

that's the whole signature, copied exactly, don't @ me 💅

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • clone — a copy of the matching data that's got pending insertions and deletions chilling in it. bestie's got unfinished business 🙈
  • bsize_max — the maximum bucket size. heads up: the scratch maps cover two buckets, so plan accordingly 💀

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 on success — slay, it worked ✨
  • -ENOMEM on failure — not enough memory, the classic 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

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like, that's the whole friend group, no one's left out 💜

and that's the page!! source/version is ./net/netfilter and it's dated October 2026 — periodt, we're from the future 🧚💖 bye bestie, go realloc some scratch maps responsibly 🎀

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