__fimc_pipeline_close(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 __fimc_pipeline_close — the kernel API manual, but make it cute 💖

okay so real talk, bestie: this is __fimc_pipeline_close, straight out of the Kernel API Manual (section 9), and it's literally the "okay we're done here, everybody out of the pool" function for a media pipeline. it does exactly one job and it does it slayfully. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

__fimc_pipeline_close — disable the sensor clock and pipeline power

like… that's the whole vibe. sensor clock? off. pipeline power? off. goodbye 👋💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int __fimc_pipeline_close (struct exynos_media_pipeline *ep );

yep, that's it. one function, one argument, returns an int (as all good little kernel functions do 🎀). copy it exactly if you're typing it out, no cap.

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ep — fimc device terminating the pipeline

that's the one thing you hand it: the fimc device that's doing the terminating. it's the main character of this call, honestly 👑

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what does it actually do, you ask? two things, and they're both giving "shutting down for the night":

  • Disable power of all subdevs — every single subdev gets its power turned off, no survivors, periodt.
  • Turn the external sensor clock off — the external sensor clock? clocked out. literally 🌙

that's the full description, bestie. it's a short function with a short job and honestly? iconic. not every kernel function needs a whole essay. this one ate and left no crumbs 💀✨

ngl this is one of those functions where the name tells you 90% of the story. close → things get closed. pipeline → the pipeline. you got this 🫶

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read the source, it's right here in the kernel tree:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/media/platform/samsung/exynos4-is/media-dev.c

and the whole friend group of related calls:

like, if __fimc_pipeline_close is the "closing shift" of the pipeline world, __fimc_pipeline_open is the opening shift, and the rest are all the coworkers you see in the group chat. iykyk 🧚‍♀️

and that's the whole page!! 🎀 tysm for reading, bestie — this one came from ./drivers/media/platform/samsu... (the path is truncated in the original footer, so don't come for me, i'm just the messenger 🙈) and it's dated October 2026, which is so soon honestly. anyway, __fimc_pipeline_close(9) out — go turn off some power and clock out that sensor clock. you deserve it 💖✨💅

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