__snd_hda_co...eanup_stream(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… __snd_hda_codec_cleanup_stream β€” NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is a kernel API manual page (like, from the Kernel API Manual set, iykyk) and today's main character is __snd_hda_codec_cleanup_stream β€” she cleans up the codec for closing. that's the whole vibe. πŸŽ€


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void __snd_hda_codec_cleanup_stream (struct hda_codec *codec , hda_nid_t nid , int do_now );

like, she returns void. no notes, no receipts, no return value. periodt. πŸ’…


πŸ¦‹ ARGUMENTS πŸ¦‹

  • codec β€” the CODEC to clean up ✨ this is the one getting the glow-up.
  • nid β€” the NID to clean up 🎯 that's the specific node we're tidying.
  • do_now β€” okay so this one is the whole personality: an int that says really clean up the stream instead of just clearing the active flag. so like, do_now = actually do it, not just mark it. big difference, no cap. πŸ”₯
fr fr, do_now is the "do it do it" switch β€” if you're not setting it, you're only clearing the active flag, not doing the real cleanup. choose wisely bestie πŸ’€

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the friend group πŸ’– (kernel file ./sound/hda/common/codec.c), plus literally everyone else in the HDA cinematic universe:


πŸ’€ reminder that this is a kernel-internal thing under the double underscore β€” __snd_hda_codec_cleanup_stream β€” so she's lowkey the backstage version of snd_hda_codec_cleanup. respect the underscore, bestie πŸ™ˆ

okay that's the whole page, mwah 🫢 this beauty lives in ./sound/hda/common, her version stamp says October 2026, and she's filed in the manual as __snd_hda_co...eanup_stream(9) β€” yes the truncation is literally part of the name up top, iconic honestly ⭐ bye bestie, go clean up some streams πŸ’œ

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