virt_to_netmem(9)

🎀 virt_to_netmem(9) 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 this page is virt_to_netmem(9), and it’s literally the glow-up from a virtual memory pointer to a netmem reference. it’s giving “pointer makeover” and we’re obsessed. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

virt_to_netmem — convert virtual memory pointer to a netmem reference. that’s the whole vibe: pointer goes in, netmem reference comes out. slay.

🫶 SYNOPSIS 🫶

netmem_ref virt_to_netmem (const void *data );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• data — host memory pointer to convert. this is the main character argument, fr fr. hand over the host memory pointer and let the function do its thing.

🌸 RETURN 🌸

you get back a netmem reference to the page backing this virtual address. that’s the return value, and yes it’s iconic.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

also in the mix: the kernel file ./include/net/netmem.h, plus the whole squad:

• netmem_ref(9)
• __netmem_to_page(9)
• __netmem_to_nmdesc(9)
• __netmem_get_pp(9)
• __netmem_address(9)
• netmem_is_pfmemalloc(9)

go off, iykyk 💅

xoxo, your kernel bestie 🎀 source/version: ./include/net • date: October 2026 ✨