xa_release(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 xa_release(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to xa_release(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a lil function, but she's iconic in her own quiet way. and yes we're citing ./include/linux/xarray.h because that's the home base 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

xa_release — release a reserved entry. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void xa_release (struct xarray *xa , unsigned long index );

like, look at her. two args, no return, no drama 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • xa — the XArray. your fave data structure, no cap 💖
  • index — index of the entry. which slot we're talking about, bestie 🌈

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea ☕ — after you call xa_reserve, you can hit up this function to release the reservation. that's the whole job. clean, simple, slay ✨

but listen 👀 — if the entry at index has actually been stored to already, this function will literally do nothing. like, nothing nothing. it just vibes and returns 🙈 so don't come for her expecting a whole cleanup moment when the slot's already filled, fr fr.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole friend group, because they all run in the same circles 😭💖 Kernel file ./include/linux/xarray.h, plus:

like I said. the whole friend group. main character energy all around 👑💀

okay that's the page!! 🍓 this came from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it signs off as xa_release(9) — mwah, go release those reservations responsibly bestie 🧚‍♀️💖⭐

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