qmi_encode(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so this is the qmi_encode(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and the name is literally qmi_encode — the Core Encode Function. 💅

🛠️ SYNOPSIS 🛠️

bestie, here's the signature, keep it exactly like this:

int qmi_encode (const struct qmi_elem_info *ei_array , void *out_buf ,
       const void *in_c_struct , u32 out_buf_len , int enc_level );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ei_array — Struct info array describing the structure to be encoded. it's giving “here's the blueprint” energy ✨
• out_buf — Buffer to hold the encoded QMI message. literally where the encoded message goes 💖
• in_c_struct — Pointer to the C structure to be encoded. yes bestie, the C struct itself 🫶
• out_buf_len — Available space in the encode buffer. the room you've got, no cap 🌸
• enc_level — Encode level to indicate the depth of the nested structure, within the main structure, being encoded. nested-structure depth check, iykyk 🌀

🌈 RETURN 🌈

The number of bytes of encoded information on success, or a negative errno on error. so like: success = byte count, error = negative errno, periodt 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/soc/qcom/qmi_encdec.c — plus these iconic functions: skip_to_next_elem(9), qmi_calc_min_msg_len(9), qmi_encode_basic_elem(9), qmi_encode_struct_elem(9), qmi_encode_string_elem(9), qmi_decode_basic_elem(9), qmi_decode_struct_elem(9), qmi_decode_string_elem(9), find_ei(9), qmi_decode(9), qmi_encode_message(9), qmi_decode_message(9).

mwah 💋 this lil page is from ./drivers/soc/qcom, dated October 2026, and it's literally the qmi_encode(9) manual — bye bestie 🫶