pmcraid_release_hcams(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 pmcraid_release_hcams(9) — NAME 🎀

okay so this is the pmcraid_release_hcams(9) page from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, kernel-internals territory, iykyk), and the entire plot is: release HCAM buffers. that's the whole main character arc. short, sweet, iconic. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void pmcraid_release_hcams (struct pmcraid_instance *pinstance );

like, that's the whole signature. no return value, no drama, just vibes and a pointer. 🦋

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • pinstance — pointer to per adapter instance structure 🌸 — aka the little struct that represents this specific adapter, so the function knows whose HCAM buffers we're out here freeing.

💀 DESCRIPTION 💀

so what does it actually do? bestie. it releases HCAM buffers. that's the description. that's the assignment and it ate. 🔥

Return value: none 😭 — no return value, no exit code, nothing to check, nothing to catch. it just does the thing and dips. ngl that's kind of the dream.

fr fr though — this is a void function, so don't go assigning it to anything or checking it for errors. there is literally nothing coming back. 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is the part where the manpage pops off — the whole pmcraid family is here and they're all linked from the kernel file ./drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c. prepare yourself, this is a long group chat 🫶:

like… the whole roster showed up. every single one. slay. 👑

and obviously pmcraid_allocate_hcams(9) is right there in that list — bestie that's the sibling, the one that hands out the buffers that this page releases. they're a matched set, a duo, a package deal. 🎀

and that's the page! 💜 sourced straight from ./drivers/scsi, dated October 2026, Kernel API Manual energy only. now go free those buffers, bestie — periodt. 🌸🦋✨

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