find_pa_parent_type(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 find_pa_parent_type — the kernel page, but make it make sense

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (9), and it's literally about finding your fave's parent. no cap. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

find_pa_parent_type — find a parent of a specific type 🫶

like, you have a device, you want its ancestor that matches a certain type. that's the whole vibe.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

const struct parisc_device * find_pa_parent_type (const struct parisc_device *padev , int type );

that's it. two args in, a const struct parisc_device * out. iconic signature honestly 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • padev — the device you start searching from. your main character. everything kicks off here ✨
  • type — the device type you're hunting for. the vibe check you're running every ancestor against 🔥

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so it walks up the device tree 🌈 — like, going from your girl upward through her ancestors — looking for a device of the specified type. if it finds one, it returns it. if it doesn't? it returns NULL. 😭 nothing. no match. empty-handed. it's giving "no thoughts, head empty."

no cap, that's the entire behaviour. walk up, match the type, return it or return NULL. periodt. 👑

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the kernel file this lives in is ./arch/parisc/kernel/drivers.c — go read it bestie, it's right there 📂

and here's the whole friend group, all the (9) pages that keep this one company:

okay that's the whole page, you ate it up fr fr 🔥💜

tiny sign-off moment: this one lives under ./arch/parisc/kernel, and the version/date stamp on it is October 2026. screenshot it before it changes bestie 📸🌸
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