softleaf_mk_none(9)

💅 softleaf_mk_none — Kernel API Manual, section 9 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to softleaf_mk_none(9) from the Kernel API Manual. this one's short and sweet and honestly kind of a vibe — it's the "make me a blank one" function of the softleaf world 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

softleaf_mk_none — create an empty ('none') leaf entry. that's it. that's the whole job. she's lowkey iconic for it 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

softleaf_t softleaf_mk_none (void );

like, literally no arguments. she takes nothing, she gives you an empty leaf. main character energy fr fr 👑

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• void — no arguments. none. zero. the void is empty and so is her inbox 😭

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

an empty leaf entry. that's the whole return value, babes — a softleaf_t that is, in fact, the none leaf. no cap 💖

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file lives at ./include/linux/leafops.h — go say hi to the whole family, they're all in there 👑

the conversions & basics ✨

• softleaf_from_pte(9)
• softleaf_to_pte(9)
• softleaf_from_pmd(9)
• softleaf_to_pmd(9)
• softleaf_is_none(9)
• softleaf_type(9)
• softleaf_has_pfn(9)
• softleaf_to_pfn(9)
• softleaf_to_page(9)
• softleaf_to_folio(9)

the "is it a…" girlies 🧚

• softleaf_is_swap(9)
• softleaf_is_migration_write(9)
• softleaf_is_migration_read(9)
• softleaf_is_migration_read_exclusive(9)
• softleaf_is_migration(9)
• softleaf_is_migration_young(9)
• softleaf_is_migration_dirty(9)
• softleaf_is_device_private_write(9)
• softleaf_is_device_private(9)
• softleaf_is_device_exclusive(9)
• softleaf_is_hwpoison(9)

markers, my beloved 🎀

• softleaf_is_marker(9)
• softleaf_to_marker(9)
• softleaf_is_poison_marker(9)
• softleaf_is_guard_marker(9)
• softleaf_is_uffd_wp_marker(9)
• pte_is_marker(9)
• pte_is_uffd_wp_marker(9)
• pte_is_uffd_marker(9)

the pmd side of the group chat 🌈

• pmd_is_device_private_entry(9)
• pmd_is_migration_entry(9)
• softleaf_is_valid_pmd_entry(9)
• pmd_is_valid_softleaf(9)
• pmd_to_softleaf_folio(9)

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ngl if you're poking around here, read the whole leafops crowd — this function is like the "new blank doc" button and all her friends are the ones who actually fill it in 💀

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mwah 💜 that's the page! brought to you straight out of ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and signed off by the Kernel API Manual herself — slay, bye bestie 🎀✨