libie_debugf...essages_read(9)

💅 libie_debugfs_nr_messages_read — read from 'nr_messages' file 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — yes, this is literally the man page for libie_debugfs_nr_messages_read, and yes, it is exactly as niche and iconic as it sounds. it's giving "tiny function, big friend-group of sibling functions in SEE ALSO." no cap 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

libie_debugfs_nr_messages_read — read from the 'nr_messages' file 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ssize_t libie_debugfs_nr_messages_read (struct file *filp , char __user
*buffer , size_t count , loff_t *ppos );

so like, it returns an ssize_t, it takes a struct file *filp, a char __user *buffer, a size_t count, and a loff_t *ppos. look at her go 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• filp — the opened file, bestie. the file in question. the one we're reading from 💖
• buffer — where to write the data for the user to read. it's the user's side of the story, we're filling it in ✨
• count — the size of the user's buffer. i.e. how much room they gave us to work with, respect it fr fr 🎀
• ppos — file position offset. the "where are we in the file" of it all 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/libie/fwlog.c — the source, the origin story, the main character's address 😭
• libie_fwlog_realloc_rings(9)
• libie_fwlog_supported(9)
• libie_aq_fwlog_set(9)
• libie_fwlog_set(9)
• libie_aq_fwlog_register(9)
• libie_fwlog_register(9)
• libie_fwlog_unregister(9)
• libie_fwlog_print_module_cfg(9)
• libie_debugfs_module_show(9)
• libie_debugfs_module_write(9)
• libie_debugfs_nr_messages_write(9)
• libie_debugfs_enable_read(9)
• libie_debugfs_enable_write(9)
• libie_debugfs_log_size_read(9)
• libie_debugfs_log_size_write(9)
• libie_debugfs_data_read(9)
• libie_debugfs_data_write(9)
• libie_debugfs_fwlog_init(9)
• libie_aq_fwlog_get(9)
• libie_fwlog_set_supported(9)
• libie_fwlog_init(9)
• libie_fwlog_deinit(9)
• libie_get_fwlog_data(9)

that's the whole squad right there — read/write pairs, init/deinit pairs, the aq variants, all of them. lowkey a whole friend group 🧚💜

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ngl bestie, this page is short and sweet — no return-value section, no errors section, no bugs section, no copyright or license lines here. what you see is what you get, and what you get is the facts above, periodt 💅

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and that's the tea 🍓 — straight from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/l..., dated October 2026, filed under libie_debugf...essages_read(9). slay, go read your nr_messages file, ily, bye 👑💖