token_context_lock_instance(9)

💅 token_context_lock_instance(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

okay so picture this: you're deep in kernel land, you've already declared a context lock, and now you need, like, another name for the same vibe. that's this function. it's giving "same energy, new name tag" and honestly? iconic.

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✨ NAME ✨

token_context_lock_instance — declare another instance of a global context lock 🎀

like, a whole extra alias for a lock class you already made. no big deal. (it's a little bit of a big deal.)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

token_context_lock_instance (ctx , name );

that's it. two args. in, out, slay. 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ctx — the token context lock you already declared earlier with token_context_lock. yes, that one. it's the OG. 🫶
• name — the name of the additional global context lock instance. like a nickname but for the compiler. ✨

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so real talk: this is a helper that declares an additional instance name of the same token context lock class, ctx. 🧚

and why do we care? because when you've got multiple related token contexts declared, this lets you use the same underlying type (__ctx_lock_ctx) as function arguments. that's the whole point. that's the assignment. that's the moment. 🔥

no cap, it's just a naming flex so your function signatures stay consistent instead of turning into a whole mess. lowkey obsessed. 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, in the order the page introduces them — don't skip anyone, they'll notice: 🙈

• the kernel file ./include/linux/compiler-context-analysis.h
• __guarded_by(9)
• __pt_guarded_by(9)
• context_lock_struct(9)
• disable_context_analysis(9)
• enable_context_analysis(9)
• __no_context_analysis(9)
• context_unsafe(9)
• __context_unsafe(9)
• context_unsafe_alias(9)
• token_context_lock(9)
• __must_hold(9)
• __must_not_hold(9)
• __acquires(9)
• __cond_acquires(9)
• __releases(9)
• __cond_releases(9)
• __acquire(9)
• __release(9)
• __must_hold_shared(9)
• __acquires_shared(9)
• __cond_acquires_shared(9)
• __releases_shared(9)
• __acquire_shared(9)
• __release_shared(9)
• __acquire_ret(9)
• __acquire_shared_ret(9)

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💀 fr fr read the SEE ALSO section, that's where the lore lives. one function does not a context-analysis system make.

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okay that's the page!! 🍓 sourced from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it's literally called token_context_lock_instance(9). mwah. 💜✨