parport_ip32...o_wait_break(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🦋 parport_ip32_fifo_wait_break(9) — the Kernel API Manual bestie edition 🦋

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's lowkey one of the most useful little gremlins in the parport_ip32 family. no cap. let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

parport_ip32_fifo_wait_break — the vibe check that tells the waiting function whether it should bail out and return already 💀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

unsigned int parport_ip32_fifo_wait_break (struct parport *p , unsigned long expire );

it returns an unsigned int, and it takes the two cuties listed below, bestie 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • p — pointer to struct parport. literally just your parport, handing over its address so we can peek at it 🌈
  • expire — the timeout expiring date, in jiffies ⏰ (yes, jiffies, the kernel's own little unit of time. iconic.)

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

parport_ip32_fifo_wait_break checks if the waiting function should return immediately or not. that's the whole job. it's giving "are we done here or no" energy 🔥

the break conditions — aka the reasons to dip out early — are:

  • expired timeout ⏰
  • a pending signal 📶
  • nFault asserted low ⚠️

also, this function calls cond_resched. yep, that too — it's part of the package, no extra charge 💖

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./drivers/parport/parport_ip32.c, and honestly the whole extended fam — scroll responsibly, there's a lot of them and every single one ate:

that's the whole page, bestie, go forth and break out of your wait loop responsibly 💅✨

source: ./drivers/parport, dated October 2026 — mwah, sending you off with a kiss, parport_ip32...o_wait_break(9) out 🎀🦋💖
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