check_family_data(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ check_family_data(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the check_family_data page β€” it's a kernel API manual entry, and honestly? it's giving "tiny but crucial" πŸ’…


πŸŽ€ NAME πŸŽ€

check_family_data β€” the little vibe-check that tells you whether the family data (and the specific functions that go with it) are actually there πŸ¦‹


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int check_family_data (struct w1_slave *sl );

literally that's the whole signature, and yes, sl goes in there 🫢


πŸ’– ARGUMENTS πŸ’–

  • sl β€” the W1 device data, aka the main character of this function's story πŸ‘‘

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 β€” OK, we slay, everything's fine βœ…
  • negative value β€” error 😭, something's not giving

πŸ”₯ SEE ALSO πŸ”₯

okay this list is long and we're gonna get through all of it, no skipping, periodt πŸ’…


πŸ’€ reminder: the errors are real, bestie β€” a negative return means something went wrong, so actually check it, don't just vibe past it πŸ™ˆ

and that's the page!! this one lives over in ./drivers/w1/slaves 🌈, from the October 2026 edition of the Kernel API Manual β€” go off, read the kernel source, ily, bye πŸ§šπŸ’œ

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