pipe_buf_release(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to pipe_buf_release(9) from the Kernel API Manual — yes, we’re in kernel pipe-buffer land, and this page is short but iconic 💅✨

💖 NAME 💖

pipe_buf_release — put a reference to a pipe_buffer 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the whole signature, exactly as it appears, no edits bestie:

void pipe_buf_release (struct pipe_inode_info *pipe , struct pipe_buffer
*buf );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pipe — the pipe that the buffer belongs to 🌈
• buf — the buffer to put a reference to 🦋

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

kernel file ./include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h — literally the home base — plus the whole crew, no cap:

• struct pipe_buffer(9)
• union pipe_index(9)
• struct anon_pipe_prealloc(9)
• struct pipe_inode_info(9)
• pipe_has_watch_queue(9)
• pipe_occupancy(9)
• pipe_empty(9)
• pipe_full(9)
• pipe_is_full(9)
• pipe_is_empty(9)
• pipe_buf_usage(9)
• pipe_buf(9)
• pipe_head_buf(9)
• pipe_buf_get(9)
• pipe_buf_confirm(9)
• pipe_buf_try_steal(9)

and that’s the whole page, bestie 💜 sign-off time: source/version is ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and this is pipe_buf_release(9) — mwah, bye diva 🫶🎀