pinctrl_get_list_and_count(9)

💅 pinctrl_get_list_and_count(9) 💅

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally about pinctrl_get_list_and_count — the function that grabs you a list and tells you its cell size and element count all in one go. bestie, it's giving one-stop shop 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

pinctrl_get_list_and_count — gets the list and it's cell size and number 🦋

(and yes, the apostrophe situation is exactly as the kernel wrote it, don't come for me 😭)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int pinctrl_get_list_and_count (const struct device_node *np ,
                                const char *list_name ,
                                const __be32 **list ,
                                int *cells_size ,
                                int *nr_elements );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• np — pointer to the device node that's holding the property, iykyk 👑
• list_name — the property that contains the list, like the name tag on the list fr
• list — pointer for the list that gets found 🍓
• cells_size — pointer for the cell size that gets found
• nr_elements — pointer for the number of elements that gets found 🌈

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

typically np is a single pinctrl entry that contains the list. that's the whole vibe ✨

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c — the source, go read it, it ate 💀
• struct pinctrl_dt_map(9)
• pinctrl_count_index_with_args(9)
• pinctrl_copy_args(9)
• pinctrl_parse_index_with_args(9)

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lowkey obsessed with how short this one is. no cap, the pinctrl family showed up as a whole friend group 👯‍♀️

okay that's the page!! 🫶 this little beauty lives in ./drivers/pinctrl, dated October 2026, and honestly? iconic. periodt 💅✨