sta_info_free(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

sta_info_free(9) — free STA 💅✨ straight outta the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and yes bestie, she's iconic.

💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

void sta_info_free (struct ieee80211_local *local , struct sta_info *sta
);

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• local — pointer to the global information 👑
• sta — STA info to free 🦋

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so listen: this function must undo everything done by sta_info_alloc that may happen before sta_info_insert. Like, all the alloc-time mess, cleaned up, no cap 😭

She may only be called when sta_info_insert has not been attempted — and if that fails, the station is freed anyway. So yeah, respect the lifecycle or it's giving undefined-behavior energy 💀

bestie this is a strict vibe check: don't call her at the wrong point in the station-info lifetime rules, fr fr 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./net/mac80211/sta_info.c — STA information lifetime rules(9)
• ieee80211_sta_bw_capability(9)
• ieee80211_sta_usable_bw(9)
• ieee80211_sta_current_bw(9)

xoxo, your fav kernel bestie 🧚💜 — source/version: ./net/mac80211, dated October 2026; sta_info_free(9) signing off 🎀✨