pt_init(9)

💖 pt_init(9) 💖 — Kernel API Manual

✨ NAME ✨

pt_init — initialize a pt_state on the stack, bestie 🫶✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

copy this exact signature, no edits, it's iconic:

struct pt_state pt_init (struct pt_range *range , unsigned int level ,
       struct pt_table_p *table );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• range — the range pointer to embed in the state 💫
• level — the table level for the state, periodt 📊
• table — pointer to the table memory at level 👑

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

It's literally a helper to initialize the on-stack pt_state from the walker arguments — that's the whole assignment, and it ate 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./drivers/iommu/generic_pt/pt_iter.h 🧚

the full bestie lineup:

• pt_check_range(9)
• pt_index_to_va(9)
• pt_entry_fully_covered(9)
• pt_range_to_index(9)
• pt_range_to_end_index(9)
• pt_next_entry(9)
• for_each_pt_level_entry(9)
• pt_load_single_entry(9)
• pt_top_range(9)
• pt_all_range(9)
• pt_upper_range(9)
• pt_make_range(9)
• pt_init_top(9)
• pt_descend(9)
• pt_walk_range(9)
• pt_range_slice(9)
• pt_top_memsize_lg2(9)
• pt_compute_best_pgsize(9)
• PT_MAKE_LEVELS(9)

source/version: ./drivers/iommu/generic_pt • date: October 2026 • pt_init(9) — byeee, love u, hydrate 💋✨