psi_memstall_enter(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for psi_memstall_enter — it marks the beginning of a memory stall section. periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void psi_memstall_enter (unsigned long *flags );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• flags — the flags to handle nested sections. keep track of these, okay? 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Marks the calling task as being stalled due to a lack of memory. like, it’s waiting for a refault or performing reclaim. that’s the whole vibe — memory pressure said “not today,” and this function records that the calling task is in it. 😭💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./kernel/sched/psi.c
• psi_memstall_leave(9)
• cgroup_move_task(9)

mwah 💋 — this page came from ./kernel/sched, dated October 2026, and it’s serving psi_memstall_enter(9) realness. bye bestie! 🎀✨