iio_device_get_current_mode(9)

💅 iio_device_get_current_mode(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — this is where the kernel's own docs live, and today's main character is a tiny little getter function. she's small, she's read-only, she's iconic. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

iio_device_get_current_mode — a helper function giving you read-only access to the opaque @currentmode variable 🫶

like, that's it. that's her whole job. no cap. she does not let you set anything, she just lets you peek. respect the boundaries bestie 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int iio_device_get_current_mode (struct iio_dev *indio_dev );

literally one line, one call, one return value. we love a low-maintenance function 💜

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• indio_dev — the IIO device structure for the device 🧚 this is the thing you're asking about, the whole reason you showed up fr fr

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so there's a whole group chat of related functions and the kernel file they live in — the manpage points at the kernel file ./drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c, and then name-drops the entire friend group:

• iio_device_id(9)
• iio_buffer_enabled(9)
• iio_find_channel_from_si(9)
• iio_device_set_clock(9)
• iio_device_get_clock(9)
• iio_get_time_ns(9)
• iio_read_mount_matrix(9)
• iio_format_value(9)
• __iio_str_to_fixpoint(9)
• iio_str_to_fixpoint(9)
• iio_free_chan_devattr_list(9)
• iio_device_alloc(9)
• iio_device_free(9)
• devm_iio_device_alloc(9)
• iio_chrdev_open(9)
• iio_chrdev_release(9)
• iio_active_scan_mask_index(9)
• iio_device_unregister(9)
• __iio_dev_mode_lock(9)
• __iio_dev_mode_unlock(9)

lowkey the whole IIO squad is in here — if you're doing anything with device modes, start with the lock/unlock pair, iykyk 👑

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and that's the tea 🍓 this page lives in ./drivers/iio, and it's stamped October 2026, from your girl the Kernel API Manual — iio_device_get_current_mode(9), signing off 💖✨ keep it read-only, stay iconic, periodt. 🎀