iio_event_poll(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for iio_event_poll β€” the whole point is literally to poll the event queue to find out if it has data πŸ’…βœ¨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

__poll_t iio_event_poll (struct file *filep , struct poll_table_struct
*wait );

πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • filep β€” a file structure pointer that identifies the device πŸ‘‘
  • wait β€” a poll table pointer to add the wait queue on 🫢

πŸ’– RETURN πŸ’–

It returns (EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM) if data is available for reading, or a negative error code on failure 😭. that’s the vibe check: readable data or nope, no cap.

πŸ¦‹ SEE ALSO πŸ¦‹


signed with love from the ./drivers/iio corner of the kernel, dated October 2026 πŸ’–πŸŽ€

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