pldm_next_desc_tlv(9)

💅 pldm_next_desc_tlv — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so real talk, this is pldm_next_desc_tlv from the Kernel API Manual and it's genuinely so useful once it clicks. stay with me 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

pldm_next_desc_tlv — (the original literally leaves this blank, no cap, so consider this your moment of mystery 🕵️‍♀️)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pldm_next_desc_tlv (desc );

that's it. that's the whole call. iconic behaviour honestly ✨

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• desc — pointer to a descriptor TLV. yes bestie, a pointer, so mind your types 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does it do? it finds the pointer to the next descriptor following a given descriptor. literally that's the whole vibe — you hand it a descriptor, it hands you the next one. traversal queen behaviour 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

sibling functions and friends, all hanging out in the kernel file ./lib/pldmfw/pldmfw_private.h:

• pldm_first_desc_tlv(9)
• pldm_for_each_desc_tlv(9)
• pldm_first_record(9)
• pldm_next_record(9)
• pldm_for_each_record(9)
• pldm_first_component(9)
• pldm_next_component(9)
• pldm_for_each_component(9)

go read them too, they're all main characters 💜

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lowkey the best way to understand this one is to read the whole little family above — first / next / for_each, it's giving a whole ecosystem 🧚

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and that's the page! this one lives in ./lib/pldmfw, dated October 2026, and it's brought to you as pldm_next_desc_tlv(9) 💖 mwah, go forth and traverse, bestie 🎀