relay_create_buf(9)

relay_create_buf(9) 💖 Kernel API Manual

okay so we’re in the Kernel API Manual and this page is about relay_create_buf, which is lowkey giving “tiny but important buffer allocator” energy. bestie, let’s get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

relay_create_buf — allocate and initialize a channel buffer 🌸

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct rchan_buf * relay_create_buf (struct rchan *chan );

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💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• chan — the relay channel, aka the main character this buffer is serving 👑

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

It returns the channel buffer if everything goes off without a hitch, and NULL otherwise. That’s it, that’s the whole vibe — no cap, no extra drama 😌✨

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

Kernel file ./kernel/relay.c is part of the friend group too, and the whole SEE ALSO squad is literally:

• relay_mmap_prepare_buf(9)
• relay_alloc_buf(9)
• relay_destroy_channel(9)
• relay_destroy_buf(9)
• relay_remove_buf(9)
• relay_buf_empty(9)
• relay_buf_full(9)
• wakeup_readers(9)
• __relay_reset(9)
• relay_reset(9)
• relay_close_buf(9)
• relay_open(9)
• relay_switch_subbuf(9)
• relay_subbufs_consumed(9)
• relay_close(9)
• relay_flush(9)
• relay_stats(9)
• relay_file_open(9)
• relay_file_mmap_prepare(9)
• relay_file_poll(9)
• relay_file_release(9)
• relay_file_read_subbuf_avail(9)
• relay_file_read_start_pos(9)
• relay_file_read_end_pos(9)

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mwah 💋 this page is from source/version ./kernel, dated October 2026, and it’s literally titled relay_create_buf(9). bye bestie, slay responsibly 🫶🌻