trace_pid_list_alloc(9)

🎀 trace_pid_list_alloc(9) 🎀

okay so bestie, this is a Kernel API Manual moment and we are literally learning about trace_pid_list_alloc together. no cap, it’s giving “tiny but important kernel helper” energy ✨

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💖 NAME 💖

trace_pid_list_alloc — create a new pid_list 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct trace_pid_list * trace_pid_list_alloc (void );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• void — no arguments, bestie. literally none. the void is voiding 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Allocates a new pid_list to store pids into. that’s the whole vibe 🎀

Returns the pid_list on success, NULL otherwise. so like… successful slay, or NULL and we move on 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./kernel/trace/pid_list.c — the main-character source file, iykyk 💜

• trace_pid_list_is_set(9)
• trace_pid_list_set(9)
• trace_pid_list_clear(9)
• trace_pid_list_next(9)
• trace_pid_list_first(9)
• trace_pid_list_free(9)

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mwah 💋 this cutie is from source/version ./kernel/trace, dated October 2026 — periodt. 🍓🧚💜