qmi_add_lookup(9)

✨ NAME ✨

qmi_add_lookup — register a new lookup with the name service. that’s literally the whole vibe bestie, and this page is qmi_add_lookup(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💅✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int qmi_add_lookup (struct qmi_handle *qmi , unsigned int service ,
       unsigned int version , unsigned int instance );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• qmi — the qmi handle, aka your main character struct pointer 🫶
• service — service id of the request ✨
• version — version number of the request 💖
• instance — instance id of the request 🦋

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so real talk: registering a lookup query with the name server will cause the name server to send NEW_SERVER and DEL_SERVER control messages to this socket as matching services are registered. that’s the whole point, and it’s lowkey iconic 🌈

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💖 RETURN 💖

0 on success, negative errno on failure. slay when it’s 0, sad girl hours when it’s negative 😭💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file is ./drivers/soc/qcom/qmi_interface.c, and these are the besties you should also check out:

• qmi_recv_new_server(9)
• qmi_recv_del_server(9)
• qmi_recv_bye(9)
• qmi_recv_del_client(9)
• qmi_add_server(9)
• qmi_txn_init(9)
• qmi_txn_wait(9)
• qmi_txn_cancel(9)
• qmi_invoke_handler(9)
• qmi_handle_net_reset(9)
• qmi_handle_init(9)
• qmi_handle_release(9)
• qmi_send_message(9)
• qmi_send_request(9)
• qmi_send_response(9)
• qmi_send_indication(9)

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💖 that’s the page, bestie — brought to you from ./drivers/soc/qcom, dated October 2026, and it’s qmi_add_lookup(9) out 💅✨