pci_allocate...save_buffers(9)

💅 pci_allocate...save_buffers(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie

okay so this is pci_allocate...save_buffers(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's actually so straightforward it's kind of iconic tbh ✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

pci_allocate_vc_save_buffers — literally just: allocate save buffers for VC caps. that's the whole vibe 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void pci_allocate_vc_save_buffers (struct pci_dev *dev );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• dev — the device. yep, that's it, that's the whole argument 🦋

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so picture this: for each type of VC capability — and the girlies are VC, VC9, and MFVC — this function goes and finds the capability, sizes it, and then allocates a buffer for save/restore. that's the whole job. find it, size it, buffer it. slay 💅

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• the kernel file ./drivers/pci/vc.c 👑
• pci_vc_save_restore_dwords(9)
• pci_vc_load_arb_table(9)
• pci_vc_load_port_arb_table(9)
• pci_vc_enable(9)
• pci_vc_do_save_buffer(9)
• pci_save_vc_state(9)
• pci_restore_vc_state(9)

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aaaand that's the page! mwah 💋 this one lives in ./drivers/pci and it's dated October 2026 — so go read those SEE ALSO girlies, they're the main characters of the next chapter fr fr 🌈⭐💜