dvb_ringbuffer_avail(9)

✨ dvb_ringbuffer_avail(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💅 this little cutie lives in the Linux kernel docs and honestly? she's a whole vibe. it's dvb_ringbuffer_avail, and no cap she's about to become your new fave 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

dvb_ringbuffer_avail — literally just returns the number of bytes waiting in the buffer 🫶 that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ssize_t dvb_ringbuffer_avail (struct dvb_ringbuffer *rbuf );

like, that's the whole call. short, sweet, iconic 👑

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• rbuf — pointer to struct dvb_ringbuffer 🦋 yeah she takes a pointer, she's lowkey fancy like that. hand her your ringbuffer and she'll do her thing 💜

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

the number of bytes waiting in the buffer 💖 that's the return value, that's the whole tea, no surprises, no drama, fr fr 🌈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this is the group chat, and everyone's invited 🫶 the kernel file is ./include/media/dvb_ringbuffer.h — go say hi to the whole squad:

• struct dvb_ringbuffer(9)
• dvb_ringbuffer_init(9)
• dvb_ringbuffer_empty(9)
• dvb_ringbuffer_free(9)
• dvb_ringbuffer_reset(9)
• dvb_ringbuffer_flush(9)
• dvb_ringbuffer_flush_spinlock_wakeup(9)
• DVB_RINGBUFFER_PEEK(9)
• DVB_RINGBUFFER_SKIP(9)
• dvb_ringbuffer_read_user(9)
• dvb_ringbuffer_read(9)
• DVB_RINGBUFFER_WRITE_BYTE(9)
• dvb_ringbuffer_write(9)
• dvb_ringbuffer_write_user(9)
• dvb_ringbuffer_pkt_write(9)
• dvb_ringbuffer_pkt_read_user(9)
• dvb_ringbuffer_pkt_read(9)
• dvb_ringbuffer_pkt_dispose(9)
• dvb_ringbuffer_pkt_next(9)

like, that's the entire friend group and they all slay in their own way 💅✨

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ngl bestie, she's a tiny function but she's main character energy — knowing how many bytes are chillin' in your buffer is kind of a big deal 😭💀

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and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this lil drop came straight out of ./include/media, dated October 2026, and she's officially dvb_ringbuffer_avail(9) — periodt, go read your ringbuffers bestie 🎀🦋💖