media_pipel...ty_iter_init(9)

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💅 media_pipel...ty_iter_init(9) — Kernel API Manual, girl edition

okay so welcome to the manual page for media_pipel...ty_iter_init(9), from the Kernel API Manual — yes the title's truncated, that's just how it is, we don't question the manpage overlords 💖

✨ NAME ✨

media_pipeline_entity_iter_init — bestie, it initializes a pipeline entity iterator 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int media_pipeline_entity_iter_init (struct media_pipeline *pipe ,
struct media_pipeline_entity_iter *iter );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • pipe — the pipeline. literally the pipeline. that's the whole description 💀
  • iter — the iterator. the thing you're initializing. yes queen 👑

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the vibe: you must call this function to initialize the iterator before you use it in a media_pipeline_for_each_entity loop. no skipping steps, no "it'll probably work anyway" — it will not, and you will cry 😭

then, after the loop, the iterator must be destroyed by a call to media_pipeline_entity_iter_cleanup — and this includes those code paths that break out of the loop early, iykyk. early breaks still owe the cleanup tax, fr fr 🫶

the cute part tho? the same iterator can be reused across multiple consecutive loops without being destroyed and reinitialized. iconique. main character energy. no cap ✨

⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on success, or a negative error code otherwise. that's it, that's the whole deal 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole extended friend group, no gatekeeping:

lowkey that's a whole group chat worth of cross-references and every single one of them made the list. we do not cut friends 💖

and that's the page babes 🎀 sign-off time: this little beauty lives in ./include/media and it's dated October 2026 — go forth, init your iterators, clean them up, slay 💅✨

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