pipe_head_buf(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so bestie, this is pipe_head_buf(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and its whole main character energy is: return the pipe buffer at the head of the pipe ring. that's the vibe. no cap, that's literally the entire job. ✨💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature is right here, copy it exactly bestie:

struct pipe_buffer * pipe_head_buf (const struct pipe_inode_info *pipe
);

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• pipe — the pipe to access, bestie. that's the one. 🎀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

ngl, if you're going on a little kernel-field-trip, these are the icons you wanna visit:

• 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_buf_get(9)
• pipe_buf_release(9)
• pipe_buf_confirm(9)
• pipe_buf_try_steal(9)

okay that's the whole page, bestie. signing off from ./include/linux with October 2026 timestamp energy — stay iconic, stay curious 💜🦋✨