vmballoon_page_order(9)

💖 NAME 💖

vmballoon_page_order - return the order of the page

okay so this little icon is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally just here to tell you about vmballoon_page_order. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature is exactly this, bestie, no edits:

unsigned int vmballoon_page_order (enum vmballoon_page_size_type
page_size );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

only one argument and it's giving very chill:

• page_size — the size of the page. that's the enum vmballoon_page_size_type from the synopsis, periodt.

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🌸 RETURN 🌸

it returns the allocation order. yep, that's the return. no cap. 💅

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

home base is the kernel file ./drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c, and then there's a whole friend group of kernel icons:

• enum vmballoon_cmd_type(9)
• struct vmballoon_batch_entry(9)
• vmballoon_send_guest_id(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_enqueue_page_list(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)

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xoxo, this page lives under ./drivers/misc, it's dated October 2026, and it's vmballoon_page_order(9) — bye bestie, slay responsibly 🫶💜