vmballoon_enqueue_page_list(9)

🎀 vmballoon_enqueue_page_list(9) 🎀

okay so bestie, this is the Kernel API Manual page for vmballoon_enqueue_page_list(9). It's giving kernel-internals group chat, and we're keeping every single detail, no cap. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

vmballoon_enqueue_page_list — Enqueues list of pages after inflation.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

       void vmballoon_enqueue_page_list (struct vmballoon *b , struct list_head
       *pages , unsigned int *n_pages , enum vmballoon_page_size_type page_size
       );

the return type is literally right there: void. the args are about to get the full bestie treatment below. 🫶

🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

• b — pointer to balloon.
• pages — list of pages to enqueue.
• n_pages — pointer to number of pages in list. The value is zeroed.
• page_size — whether the pages are 2MB or 4KB pages.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so here's the tea: this function enqueues the provided list of pages in the ballooned page list, clears the list, and zeroes the number of pages that was provided. that's the whole move. 💖

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c plus these iconic cross-refs:

• enum vmballoon_cmd_type(9)
• struct vmballoon_batch_entry(9)
• vmballoon_send_guest_id(9)
• vmballoon_page_order(9)
• vmballoon_page_in_frames(9)
• vmballoon_mark_page_offline(9)
• vmballoon_mark_page_online(9)
• vmballoon_send_get_target(9)
• vmballoon_alloc_page_list(9)
• vmballoon_handle_one_result(9)
• vmballoon_status_page(9)
• vmballoon_lock_op(9)
• vmballoon_add_page(9)
• vmballoon_lock(9)
• vmballoon_release_page_list(9)
• vmballoon_change(9)
• vmballoon_dequeue_page_list(9)
• vmballoon_split_refused_pages(9)
• vmballoon_inflate(9)
• vmballoon_deflate(9)
• vmballoon_deinit_batching(9)
• vmballoon_init_batching(9)
• vmballoon_vmci_init(9)
• vmballoon_pop(9)
• vmballoon_work(9)
• vmballoon_shrinker_scan(9)
• vmballoon_shrinker_count(9)
• vmballoon_debug_show(9)
• vmballoon_migratepage(9)

source/version: ./drivers/misc · date: October 2026 · page: vmballoon_enqueue_page_list(9). bye bestie, go enqueue those pages 💅🫶