q6asm_audio_client_alloc(9)
β¨ q6asm_audio_client_alloc(9) β¨
okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and bestie, it's literally the origin story: it's all about spinning up a brand-new audio client π yes, the main character allocation function.
πΈ NAME πΈ
q6asm_audio_client_alloc β allocate a new audio client π
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
struct audio_client * q6asm_audio_client_alloc (struct device *dev ,
q6asm_cb cb , void *priv , int session_id , int perf_mode );
π ARGUMENTS π
devβ pointer to the asm child device π§ like, the device this client is gonna live under.cbβ the event callback. your girl's phone number for events, basically πprivβ private data associated with this client π your own little stash, nobody else touches it.session_idβ the session id β¨ yes it's exactly what it sounds like.perf_modeβ performance mode for this client π₯ (the manpage literally spells it performace, and honestly? iconic of it. no cap.)
β RETURN β
lowkey the most important part: on error you get back an error pointer π, and on success you get a valid audio client π periodt.
π SEE ALSO π
the kernel file, bestie β go read the source, it ate:
./sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6/q6asm.c
and the whole friend group π«Ά:
q6asm_unmap_memory_regions(9)q6asm_map_memory_regions(9)q6asm_audio_client_free(9)q6asm_get_session_id(9)q6asm_open_write(9)q6asm_run(9)q6asm_run_nowait(9)q6asm_media_format_block_multi_ch_pcm(9)q6asm_enc_cfg_blk_pcm_format_support(9)q6asm_read(9)q6asm_open_read(9)q6asm_write_async(9)q6asm_cmd(9)q6asm_cmd_nowait(9)
π friendly reminder: that return value can be an error pointer, so vibe check it before you dereference. periodt.
and that's the page, bestie πΈ this came from ./sound/soc/qcom/qdsp6 and it's dated October 2026 β mwah, go allocate something iconic πβ¨π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms