dvb_vb2_is_streaming(9)

💅 dvb_vb2_is_streaming(9)

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual bestie, and it's about one tiny little function that's honestly giving "am I streaming or not" main character energy ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

dvb_vb2_is_streaming — the vibe check that tells you if the VB2 handler is streaming 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int dvb_vb2_is_streaming (struct dvb_vb2_ctx *ctx );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ctx — the control struct for the VB2 handler, like it's literally the whole personality of the handler in one pointer 🫶

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 if it's not streaming 🙈
• 1 otherwise 👑

no cap, that's the whole return situation. two possible answers, one iconic little int. 💅

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./include/media/dvb_vb2.h and honestly the whole friend group:

• enum dvb_buf_type(9)
• enum dvb_vb2_states(9)
• struct dvb_buffer(9)
• struct dvb_vb2_ctx(9)
• dvb_vb2_init(9)
• dvb_vb2_release(9)
• dvb_vb2_fill_buffer(9)
• dvb_vb2_poll(9)
• dvb_vb2_stream_on(9)
• dvb_vb2_stream_off(9)
• dvb_vb2_reqbufs(9)
• dvb_vb2_querybuf(9)
• dvb_vb2_expbuf(9)
• dvb_vb2_qbuf(9)
• dvb_vb2_dqbuf(9)
• dvb_vb2_mmap(9)

like, the whole squad is here, iykyk 🌈

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fr fr though — dvb_vb2_is_streaming is just the yes/no girlie of the family. if you need to actually start or stop the streaming, go talk to dvb_vb2_stream_on(9) and dvb_vb2_stream_off(9). she just reports the tea 🍓

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and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this lil gem lives over in ./include/media, dropped October 2026, and it's filed under dvb_vb2_is_streaming(9) — periodt 🧚💜