poison_channel(9)

poison_channel(9) 💅✨

okay so bestie, this is straight from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s the page for poison_channel(9) — yes, the name is dramatic, but the facts are right here. 🎀

NAME 🌸

poison_channel — poison buffers of a channel 💖

SYNOPSIS 🦋

int poison_channel (struct most_interface *most_iface , int ch_idx );

ARGUMENTS 🫶

• most_iface — pointer to the interface the channel to be poisoned belongs to
• ch_idx — corresponding channel ID

DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so picture this: it destroys a channel and completes all the buffers in both started_list & pending_list. that’s the whole vibe. 💅

it returns 0 on success, and negative on failure. periodt. 🫶

SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/staging/most/dim2/dim2.c — and the whole reference crew is:

• struct hdm_channel(9)
• dimcb_on_error(9)
• try_start_dim_transfer(9)
• deliver_netinfo_thread(9)
• retrieve_netinfo(9)
• service_done_flag(9)
• dim2_ahb_isr(9)
• complete_all_mbos(9)
• configure_channel(9)
• enqueue(9)
• request_netinfo(9)
• get_dim2_clk_speed(9)
• dim2_remove(9)

🫶💖 that’s a wrap, bestie — from the Kernel API Manual, source/version ./drivers/staging/most/dim2, October 2026, poison_channel(9) signing off 💅✨