rpc_free(9)

💖 rpc_free(9) — free RPC buffer resources allocated via rpc_malloc 🎀

okay so this is a section 9 page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie — aka kernel internals territory, aka we're in the server room now 🫶 buckle up.

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✨ NAME ✨

rpc_free — literally frees the RPC buffer resources that got allocated via rpc_malloc 💅 no cap, that's the whole gig.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void rpc_free (struct rpc_task *task );

it's giving "one function, one job, zero drama" ✨

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• task — the RPC task 👑 that's the one pointer you hand over, and it's an struct rpc_task *, iykyk.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole sunrpc friend group, fr fr — kernel file ./net/sunrpc/sched.c plus:

• __rpc_do_wake_up_task_on_wq(9)
• rpc_wake_up_queued_task_set_status(9)
• rpc_wake_up_locked(9)
• rpc_wake_up(9)
• rpc_wake_up_status_locked(9)
• rpc_wake_up_status(9)
• rpc_malloc(9)

like, if rpc_free is the cleanup queen 🧹 then rpc_malloc(9) is her other half — they're a matching set, don't split them up 😭💜

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💀 quick vibe check: this frees stuff that came from rpc_malloc. that's it. that's the note. go read the friends above if you want the full lore 🔥

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and that's the page, babe 🎀 brought to you from ./net/sunrpc, dated October 2026, section 9, kernel API manual — periodt. ⭐🦋💖