vhost_iotlb_free(9)

✨ vhost_iotlb_free ✨

omg hi bestie 💖 welcome to the vhost_iotlb_free page, straight out of the Kernel API Manual (section 9, kernel-space royalty 👑). okay so real talk: this is the little cleanup gremlin that resets and frees a vhost IOTLB. that's the whole vibe. it resets it. then it frees it. periodt 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void vhost_iotlb_free (struct vhost_iotlb *iotlb );

note the void — this function does not hand you anything back. no return value, no little gift, nothing. it just does its thing and dips 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• iotlb — the IOTLB that's about to be freed. yes, the one. the IOTLB to be freed. she's the main character of this whole page and she is getting reset and freed, no cap 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay so if you wanna go down the rabbit hole (and you know you do, iykyk), the kernel file is ./drivers/vhost/iotlb.c and these are her besties — the whole friend group fr fr:

• vhost_iotlb_map_free(9)
• vhost_iotlb_add_range_ctx(9)
• vhost_iotlb_del_range(9)
• vhost_iotlb_init(9)
• vhost_iotlb_alloc(9)
• vhost_iotlb_reset(9)
• vhost_iotlb_itree_first(9)
• vhost_iotlb_itree_next(9)

like… vhost_iotlb_alloc and vhost_iotlb_free are literally the it-couple of this file, one makes it, one frees it, iconic behavior 🌈

that's the whole page bestie, short and slay ✨ this lil number lives in ./drivers/vhost, and it's stamped October 2026 in the Kernel API Manual — so mark your calendar, manifest it, whatever 🎀💜 bye bye 🦋