msgdma_free_descriptor(9)

💅 msgdma_free_descriptor(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🎀

okay bestie, so this is msgdma_free_descriptor, straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ (yes, the same one, the (9) is giving "section 9, kernel API, don't @ me" energy 💜). Sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

msgdma_free_descriptor — Issue pending transactions

no bc that's literally what it says 😭 the name says "free" and the description says "issue pending transactions" and honestly? we just relay the facts here, bestie, we don't question the kernel devs' choices 💀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void msgdma_free_descriptor (struct msgdma_device *mdev , struct
msgdma_sw_desc *desc );

it returns void — nothing comes back, she just does the thing and leaves 👑 periodt.

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• mdev — Pointer to the Altera mSGDMA device structure 🧚 lowkey the main character of the whole operation.
• desc — Transaction descriptor pointer 💫 this one's your ticket, the descriptor itself.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/dma/altera-msgdma.c
• struct msgdma_extended_desc(9)
• struct msgdma_sw_desc(9)
• msgdma_get_descriptor(9)
• msgdma_free_desc_list(9)
• msgdma_desc_config(9)
• msgdma_desc_config_eod(9)
• msgdma_tx_submit(9)
• msgdma_prep_memcpy(9)
• msgdma_prep_slave_sg(9)
• msgdma_copy_desc_to_fifo(9)
• msgdma_start_transfer(9)
• msgdma_issue_pending(9)
• msgdma_chan_desc_cleanup(9)
• msgdma_complete_descriptor(9)
• msgdma_free_descriptors(9)
• msgdma_free_chan_resources(9)
• msgdma_alloc_chan_resources(9)
• msgdma_tasklet(9)
• msgdma_irq_handler(9)
• msgdma_dev_remove(9)
• msgdma_probe(9)
• msgdma_remove(9)

like, that's the whole altera-msgdma friend group right there 🫶 every single one of them, no gatekeeping 💖

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okay that's the whole page!! mwah 💋 this lil masterpiece lives in ./drivers/dma, it's dated October 2026, and it's brought to you by the Kernel API Manual — slay, stay hydrated, and read your (9) pages 🎀🌈⭐