prb_next_reserve_seq(9)

🌸 prb_next_reserve_seq(9) 🌸

okay so like — welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie 💖 this one's a lil function page and it's honestly kind of a vibe. let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

prb_next_reserve_seq — literally gives you the sequence number after the most recently reserved record 👑 that's it, that's the whole job.

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

u64 prb_next_reserve_seq (struct printk_ringbuffer *rb );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• rb — the ringbuffer you're pulling the sequence number out of 🫶 just hand her the ringbuffer, that's the whole ask.

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so this is the public function that readers get to use — like it's right there for you, no gatekeeping — to see what sequence number is gonna be assigned to the next reserved record ✨ peek at the future, lowkey iconic.

ngl, heads up: depending on the situation, this value can be equal to or higher than the sequence number that prb_next_seq returns 👀 so don't assume they're always the same number, because they're not always the same number. iykyk.

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🦋 CONTEXT 🦋

Any context. fr fr — any context at all, she's flexible like that 💜

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

the sequence number that's gonna be assigned to the next record reserved 🎯 that's the return value, periodt.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• kernel file ./kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
• printk_ringbuffer overview(9)
• prb_reserve_in_last(9)
• prb_reserve(9)
• prb_commit(9)
• prb_final_commit(9)
• prb_read_valid(9)
• prb_read_valid_info(9)
• prb_first_valid_seq(9)
• prb_next_seq(9)
• prb_init(9)
• prb_record_text_space(9)

like, go read the whole friend group, they all ate 💅✨

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and that's the page, bestie 🎀 this lil gem lives in ./kernel/printk, it's the October 2026 era, and it's filed under prb_next_reserve_seq(9) — go off, you understood the assignment 🫶💖