pte_alloc_one_kernel(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is pte_alloc_one_kernel from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally here to allocate memory for a PTE-level kernel page table. main character energy for your page tables, no cap 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

pte_t * pte_alloc_one_kernel (struct mm_struct *mm );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• mm — the mm_struct of the current context. that's the vibe check for whose memory we're talking about 🫶

🌸 RETURN 🌸

pointer to the allocated memory or NULL on error. so either you get your pointer, or you get NULL and you're like 😭 — that's the whole deal, fr fr.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./include/asm-generic/pgalloc.h and these iconic little functions:

• __pte_alloc_one_kernel(9)
• pte_free_kernel(9)
• __pte_alloc_one(9)
• pte_alloc_one(9)
• pte_free(9)
• pmd_alloc_one(9)
• pud_alloc_one(9)

that's the page, bestie 💖 it lives in ./include/asm-generic, it's dated October 2026, and yes it's serving pte_alloc_one_kernel(9) realness from the Kernel API Manual — periodt 🎀✨