pt_buffer_advance(9)

💅 pt_buffer_advance(9) 💅

okay so bestie, this is the Kernel API Manual page for pt_buffer_advance, manual section (9), and it is short, sweet, and extremely specific. it's giving "one job, done correctly" energy and honestly? we love that for her. 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

pt_buffer_advance — advance to the next output region. that's it, that's the name, no cap. ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void pt_buffer_advance (struct pt_buffer *buf );

🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

• buf — the PT buffer. that's the one and only argument, bestie 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

the whole plot, lowkey: advance the current pointers in the buffer to the next ToPA entry. yes, the current pointers. yes, the next ToPA entry. that's the function's entire moment, and she is serving it. 🔥

important vibe check: this is literally just advancing those pointers to the next ToPA entry. that's the whole move, fr fr. 🫶

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c
• struct topa(9)
• struct topa_page(9)
• topa_alloc(9)
• topa_free(9)
• topa_insert_table(9)
• topa_table_full(9)
• topa_insert_pages(9)
• pt_topa_dump(9)
• pt_update_head(9)
• pt_buffer_region(9)
• pt_buffer_region_size(9)
• pt_handle_status(9)
• pt_read_offset(9)
• pt_buffer_reset_markers(9)
• pt_buffer_reset_offsets(9)
• pt_buffer_fini_topa(9)
• pt_buffer_init_topa(9)
• pt_buffer_setup_aux(9)
• pt_buffer_free_aux(9)
• intel_pt_interrupt(9)

mwah 💋 — that's the pt_buffer_advance(9) page, source/version ./arch/x86/events/intel, dated October 2026. now go forth and advance those pointers, bestie 🌈🫶