pt_buffer_free_aux(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so this is pt_buffer_free_aux — welcome to the Kernel API Manual bestie, this page is literally all about the perf AUX deallocation path callback ✨ like that's the whole vibe, that's what it does, no cap 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void pt_buffer_free_aux (void *data );

that's it. that's the signature. short, sweet, iconic 👑

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• data — the PT buffer 🫶 yes that's the whole description, she's mysterious, she's a void *, we love her for it

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bestie there is SO much lore here, it all lives in the kernel file ./arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖💜

• 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_buffer_advance(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)
• intel_pt_interrupt(9)

like, the whole topa friend group fr fr 🧚‍♀️✨

aaaand that's the page!! mwah 💋 this lil gem lives in ./arch/x86/events/intel, dated October 2026, and it's brought to you by pt_buffer_free_aux(9) — slay, bye bestie 🌸🎀🦋