pipe_buf_try_steal(9)

💅 pipe_buf_try_steal(9) — Kernel API Manual realness 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to this page from the Kernel API Manual. It's about pipe_buf_try_steal(9), and the vibe is literally “can I please take ownership of this buffer?” The word try is doing SO much work here. 🫶

💖 NAME 💖

pipe_buf_try_steal — attempt to take ownership of a pipe_buffer. That's the whole quest, no cap. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool pipe_buf_try_steal (struct pipe_inode_info *pipe , struct
       pipe_buffer *buf );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pipe — the pipe that the buffer belongs to. Like, this is the buffer's home pipe, its main-character location. 🏠
• buf — the buffer to attempt to steal. The “attempt” part is carrying the entire plot here, bestie. 🙈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

If you're going down the pipe rabbit hole (obsessed), these are the other pages and header-file bits you should peek at:

• Kernel file ./include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
• 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_release(9)
• pipe_buf_confirm(9)

mwah 💋 — this page's source/version is ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it's still the pipe_buf_try_steal(9) page. Stay hydrated and remember: it's an attempt, bestie. 💖