vringh_need_notify_user(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’– vringh_need_notify_user πŸ’–

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual β€” today's main character is vringh_need_notify_user, and yes it's a whole vibe. iykyk ✨


🌸 NAME 🌸

vringh_need_notify_user β€” literally the "do i need to text them back?" check for used buffers 🫢

Like, must we tell the other side about used buffers? that's the whole question, fr fr.


πŸŽ€ SYNOPSIS πŸŽ€

int vringh_need_notify_user (struct vringh *vrh );

πŸ¦‹ ARGUMENTS πŸ¦‹

  • vrh β€” the vring we've called vringh_complete_user on. that's the one. the icon. the main character ✨

πŸ’… DESCRIPTION πŸ’…

Returns -errno or 0 if we don't need to tell the other side, and 1 if we do πŸ‘‘

so like β€” three possible moods, and you gotta vibe check which one you're in:

  • -errno β€” something went sideways, here's your error code 😭
  • 0 β€” nope, no need to notify the other side, we're chillin' πŸ’œ
  • 1 β€” yes bestie, go tell them, they need to know πŸ”₯

periodt.


🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/vhost/vringh.c β€” the whole friend group lives here, and honestly? obsessed. πŸ’–

like i said β€” huge friend group, all iconic, no cap 🌟


ok that's the whole page bestie, you ate it up πŸ’…βœ¨

sign-off time!! this one came from ./drivers/vhost, dated October 2026, and it's filed under vringh_need_notify_user(9) πŸŽ€ bye pookie, go notify somebody πŸ¦‹πŸ’–

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