iio_buffer_get(9)

👑 iio_buffer_get(9) — Kernel API Manual 👑

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual glow-up for iio_buffer_get(9) 💅 this one is short and sweet, and honestly it’s giving “grab the reference and go” ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

iio_buffer_get — Grab a reference to the buffer 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct iio_buffer * iio_buffer_get (struct iio_buffer *buffer );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• buffer — the buffer to grab a reference for, bestie. it may be NULL 👀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

It returns the pointer to the buffer that was passed into the function. Same pointer, no cap — it’s literally handing you back the buffer you brought to the function 💫

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c — yes, that’s the source file, go be nosy 👑

• iio_buffer_read(9)
• iio_buffer_poll(9)
• iio_buffer_wakeup_poll(9)
• iio_scan_mask_set(9)
• struct iio_demux_table(9)
• iio_validate_scan_mask_onehot(9)
• iio_push_to_buffers(9)
• iio_push_to_buffers_with_ts_unaligned(9)
• iio_buffer_release(9)
• iio_buffer_put(9)
• iio_device_attach_buffer(9)

💌 cute little sign-off: this page came from ./drivers/iio, dated October 2026, and it’s all about iio_buffer_get(9) — mwah, slay, periodt 💋