pte_free(9)

pte_free(9) 💅✨

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — this is the pte_free(9) page, and it's giving kernel cleanup main character energy. no cap, we're keeping every detail.

🎀 NAME 🎀

pte_free — free PTE-level user page table memory. that's the whole assignment, fr fr. slay. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void pte_free (struct mm_struct *mm , struct page *pte_page );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• mm — the mm_struct of the current context. yes bestie, that exact context.
• pte_page — the struct page referencing the ptdesc. literally that page, no substitutions. 🦋

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the SEE ALSO squad lives in the kernel file ./include/asm-generic/pgalloc.h — go say hi:

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

mwah 💋 — this page is sourced from ./include/asm-generic, with the October 2026 date/version sticker in the footer, and that's the cute little pte_free(9) sign-off. periodt. 🌈🎀