name_show(9)

name_show(9) 🎀

okay so bestie, this one is straight from the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving “tiny helper with a very specific job” energy. It's name_show(9), and we're gonna read it together like a group chat, no cap 💅

✨ NAME ✨

name_show — retrieve useful identifying name

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ssize_t name_show (struct device *dev , struct device_attribute *attr ,
       char *buf );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the device associated with the iio_trigger. yes, that iio_trigger, bestie 🫶
• attr — pointer to the device_attribute structure that is being processed. it's the attribute getting its moment ✨
• buf — buffer to print the name into. this is where the name goes, periodt 💖

💖 RETURN 💖

so the return vibe is: a negative number on failure, or the number of written characters on success. lowkey simple, highkey important 🌈

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

also peep the Kernel file ./drivers/iio/industrialio-trigger.c — and these are the linked besties in the group chat:

• iio_trigger_poll(9)
• iio_trigger_poll_nested(9)
• current_trigger_show(9)
• current_trigger_store(9)
• __iio_trigger_alloc(9)
• __devm_iio_trigger_alloc(9)
• devm_iio_trigger_register(9)
• iio_validate_own_trigger(9)
• iio_trigger_validate_own_device(9)

okay that's the whole page!! footer cutie check: source/version ./drivers/iio, date October 2026, and it's name_show(9) signing off 💜✨