vma_assert_locked(9)

💖 vma_assert_locked 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for vma_assert_locked ✨ this one is short, iconic, and very much a vibe check, no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

vma_assert_locked — assert that @vma holds either a VMA read or a VMA write lock and is not detached. 💅

Like, it's literally checking that @vma has a VMA read lock or a VMA write lock — and that it is not detached. Periodt.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void vma_assert_locked (struct vm_area_struct *vma );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vma — The VMA to assert. That's the one getting the lock-status vibe check, bestie 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./include/linux/mmap_lock.h — plus the whole squad: vma_refcount_put(9), vma_start_write_killable(9), vma_assert_write_locked(9), vma_assert_stabilised(9) 👑

and that's the whole page, mwah 💋 it's from ./include/linux and stamped October 2026 — vma_assert_locked(9), forever iconic 🌈⭐