xen_alloc_ballooned_pages(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 NAME 🌸

heyyy bestie, welcome to xen_alloc_ballooned_pages(9) from the Kernel API Manual β€” manual name folded in like a little name tag 🫢

xen_alloc_ballooned_pages β€” get pages that have been ballooned out. no cap, that's the whole vibe ✨

πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

int xen_alloc_ballooned_pages (unsigned int nr_pages , struct page
       **pages );

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πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • nr_pages β€” Number of pages to get. that's the count, bestie πŸ”’
  • pages β€” pages returned; return 0 on success, error otherwise. so yeah: success is 0, anything else is giving error 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • Kernel file ./drivers/xen/balloon.c β€” go peek, bestie πŸ“‚
  • xen_free_ballooned_pages(9) β€” the related page, iykyk πŸ”₯

mwah πŸ’‹ this page's source/version is ./drivers/xen, dated October 2026, and it's the xen_alloc_ballooned_pages(9) page. periodt 🫢

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