hdm_add_padding(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the hdm_add_padding(9) page in the Kernel API Manual — yes, the kernel API manual, and yes, we’re making it cute 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

• hdm_add_padding — add padding bytes 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int hdm_add_padding (struct most_dev *mdev , int channel , struct mbo
*mbo );

No cap, that’s the exact signature.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• mdev — the most device, periodt 🫶
• channel — the channel ID, iykyk 🌈
• mbo — the buffer object, iconic 💖

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so the whole serve here: this inserts the INIC hardware specific padding bytes into a streaming channel’s buffer. that’s the function’s main character moment, fr fr ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./drivers/most/most_usb.c — literally the file to peek at 👀 and the whole friend group:

• struct most_dci_obj(9)
• struct most_dev(9)
• drci_rd_reg(9)
• drci_wr_reg(9)
• get_stream_frame_size(9)
• hdm_poison_channel(9)
• hdm_remove_padding(9)
• hdm_write_completion(9)
• hdm_read_completion(9)
• hdm_enqueue(9)
• hdm_configure_channel(9)
• hdm_request_netinfo(9)
• link_stat_timer_handler(9)
• wq_netinfo(9)
• wq_clear_halt(9)
• hdm_probe(9)
• hdm_disconnect(9)

mwah 💋 — source/version: ./drivers/most; date: October 2026; manual: hdm_add_padding(9). slay, bestie 🫶✨