pinctrl_copy_args(9)

pinctrl_copy_args(9) — from the Kernel API Manual 🌸

okay bestie, this is pinctrl_copy_args(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and we're gonna get you comfy with it 💖

NAME 💅

pinctrl_copy_args — populates of_phandle_args based on index ✨

SYNOPSIS 🧚

int pinctrl_copy_args (const struct device_node *np , const __be32 *list
, int index , int nr_cells , int nr_elem , struct of_phandle_args
*out_args );

ARGUMENTS 🎀

• np — pointer to the device node with the property 💖
• list — pointer to a list with the elements 🦋
• index — entry within the list of elements ✨
• nr_cells — number of cells in the list 🌸
• nr_elem — number of elements for each entry in the list 🍓
• out_args — returned values 👑

DESCRIPTION 🦋

Populates the of_phandle_args based on the index in the list. That's the whole vibe, no cap. It's literally giving “use the index to fill in of_phandle_args from the list” 😭💅

SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c is right there in the mix, plus these besties:

• struct pinctrl_dt_map(9)
• pinctrl_get_list_and_count(9)
• pinctrl_count_index_with_args(9)
• pinctrl_parse_index_with_args(9)

mwah 💋 — brought to you by ./drivers/pinctrl, dated October 2026 🫶✨