__iio_trigger_alloc(9)

💅 __iio_trigger_alloc(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the __iio_trigger_alloc(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — and it's lowkey all about allocating a trigger. no cap. 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

__iio_trigger_alloc — allocate a trigger ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct iio_trigger * __iio_trigger_alloc (struct device *parent , struct
module *this_mod , const char *fmt , ... );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• parent — the device you're allocating the iio_trigger for, bestie 🫶
• this_mod — the module that's allocating the trigger, iconic behavior fr fr
• fmt — the trigger name format. If it includes format specifiers, the additional arguments following format are formatted and inserted in the resulting string replacing their respective specifiers. yes ma'am, that's the whole formatting situation 💅
• ... — variable arguments 🌈

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🌟 RETURN 🌟

Pointer to the allocated iio_trigger on success, NULL on failure. That's the vibe check: pointer when it slays, NULL when it doesn't. 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

The kernel file ./drivers/iio/industrialio-trigger.c is where name_show(9) lives, and the rest of the see-also besties are:

• iio_trigger_poll(9)
• iio_trigger_poll_nested(9)
• current_trigger_show(9)
• current_trigger_store(9)
• __devm_iio_trigger_alloc(9)
• devm_iio_trigger_register(9)
• iio_validate_own_trigger(9)
• iio_trigger_validate_own_device(9)

go read them when you're done here, iykyk 🦋

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okay bye bestie, this page came from ./drivers/iio and it's dated October 2026 — periodt 💜🎀