vbg_balloon_inflate(9)

🎀 vbg_balloon_inflate(9) — Kernel API Manual, but make it main character 🎀

okay bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual and this page is all about vbg_balloon_inflate(9). it's giving very specific kernel-business energy, and we're keeping every detail, fr fr.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

vbg_balloon_inflate — Inflate the balloon by one chunk. The caller owns the balloon mutex.

read that again: inflate the balloon by one chunk. the caller owns the balloon mutex. not optional, not vibes-only — if you're calling this, you own that mutex. periodt. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int vbg_balloon_inflate (struct vbg_dev *gdev , u32 chunk_idx );

that's the whole signature card, copied exactly so your eyes don't have to squint. 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• gdev — The Guest extension device. it's the Guest extension device; that's the whole description, no extra lore.
• chunk_idx — Index of the chunk. literally the index of the chunk. 🎀

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

0 or negative errno value.

so: success is 0, and if it's not that, it's a negative errno value. that's the return tea. ☕

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Kernel file: ./drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_core.c — the source-file bestie. 💖

and here's the full SEE ALSO squad, no members left behind:

• vbg_guest_mappings_init(9)
• vbg_guest_mappings_exit(9)
• vbg_report_guest_info(9)
• vbg_report_driver_status(9)
• vbg_balloon_deflate(9)
• vbg_heartbeat_host_config(9)
• vbg_heartbeat_init(9)
• vbg_heartbeat_exit(9)
• vbg_track_bit_usage(9)
• vbg_reset_host_event_filter(9)
• vbg_set_session_event_filter(9)
• vbg_reset_host_capabilities(9)
• vbg_set_host_capabilities(9)
• vbg_acquire_session_capabilities(9)
• vbg_set_session_capabilities(9)
• vbg_query_host_version(9)
• vbg_core_init(9)
• vbg_core_exit(9)
• vbg_core_open_session(9)
• vbg_core_close_session(9)
• vbg_req_allowed(9)
• vbg_core_ioctl(9)
• vbg_core_set_mouse_status(9)

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mwah 💋 — this page is signed off with source/version ./drivers/virt/vboxguest, date October 2026, and title vbg_balloon_inflate(9). stay hydrated and hold that balloon mutex, bestie 🫶💖