topa_insert_pages(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to topa_insert_pages(9) from the Kernel API Manual 🌸 — this one is literally topa_insert_pages and its whole job is to create a list of ToPA tables ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int topa_insert_pages (struct pt_buffer *buf , int cpu , gfp_t gfp );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• buf — the PT buffer being initialized, main character energy 💅
• cpu — the CPU on which to allocate, no cap 🧚
• gfp — allocation flags, iconic as always ⭐

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

This initializes a list of ToPA tables with entries from the data_pages provided by rb_alloc_aux 💖 periodt.

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

0 on success or error code 😭 — short, sweet, and very much to the point.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c — plus the whole friend group:

• struct topa(9)
• struct topa_page(9)
• topa_alloc(9)
• topa_free(9)
• topa_insert_table(9)
• topa_table_full(9)
• pt_topa_dump(9)
• pt_buffer_advance(9)
• pt_update_head(9)
• pt_buffer_region(9)
• pt_buffer_region_size(9)
• pt_handle_status(9)
• pt_read_offset(9)
• pt_buffer_reset_markers(9)
• pt_buffer_reset_offsets(9)
• pt_buffer_fini_topa(9)
• pt_buffer_init_topa(9)
• pt_buffer_setup_aux(9)
• pt_buffer_free_aux(9)
• intel_pt_interrupt(9)

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mwah 💋 this cutie came from source/version ./arch/x86/events/intel and the page is dated October 2026 🫶✨