dvb_vb2_qbuf(9)

💖 dvb_vb2_qbuf — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so real talk, this one lives in the dvb_vb2 section of the Kernel API Manual and it's literally the little wrapper that hands your buffer over to vb2_core_qbuf() for Digital TV buffer handling. she's small, she's iconic, she gets the job done. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

dvb_vb2_qbuf — a wrapper around vb2_core_qbuf() for Digital TV buffer handling, no cap 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int dvb_vb2_qbuf (struct dvb_vb2_ctx *ctx , struct dmx_buffer *b );

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💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• ctx — the control struct for the VB2 handler. she's the main character keeping everything in order, periodt 🫶
• b — a struct dmx_buffer that gets passed down from userspace, specifically so we can handle DMX_QBUF. iykyk 💫

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Queues a Digital TV buffer, exactly as requested by userspace. that's the whole vibe — userspace asks, and this function serves. ate and left no crumbs 🔥

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./include/media/dvb_vb2.h
• 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_is_streaming(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_dqbuf(9)
• dvb_vb2_mmap(9)

like, the whole friend group is here and they're all slaying in ./include/media 💖

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ngl bestie, if you're queueing buffers you're gonna want to know the rest of the crew above — they're all listed right there and they all link up. 🧚

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that's the whole page, you're so welcome 💅 this lil cutie comes from ./include/media, dated October 2026, and the header calls her dvb_vb2_qbuf(9) — mwah, go queue some buffers bestie, you got this 👑💜