cmdq_get_mbox_priv(9)
β¨ cmdq_get_mbox_priv(9) β¨
okay bestie, buckle up β this is a kernel API manual page for cmdq_get_mbox_priv, and honestly? it's a little one, but it's iconic. π
πΈ NAME πΈ
cmdq_get_mbox_priv β get the private data of mailbox channel π
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
void cmdq_get_mbox_priv (struct mbox_chan *chan , struct cmdq_mbox_priv
*priv );
so it returns void, meaning it does its thing and hands nothing back to you β the good stuff lands in priv. slay. β¨
π ARGUMENTS π
chanβ the mailbox channel π like, the actual channel you're pulling vibes from.privβ a pointer to store the private data of mailbox channel. this is where the tea gets written, bestie.
π₯ DESCRIPTION π₯
okay so picture this: while generating the GCE instruction to command buffer, the private data of GCE hardware may need to be referenced β things like the shift bits of physical address. iykyk. π«Ά
so this function is your girl for grabbing that private data out of the mailbox channel. no cap.
the one rule: this function should be called before generating the GCE instruction. literally do it first. don't be that person. π
β SEE ALSO β
- Kernel file
./include/linux/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.hπ cmdq_get_shift_pa(9)π
that's the whole page, bestie β short, sweet, and absolutely ate. π β¨
oh and for the credits moment: this lovely page lives in ./include/linux/mailbox, dated October 2026, and it's the cmdq_get_mbox_priv(9) kernel API manual. ππ go forth and call it before generating that GCE instruction, fr fr. π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms