scmi_initial...events_queue(9)

💅 scmi_initial...events_queue — from the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay bestie, this is page scmi_initial...events_queue(9) and honestly? it's a little cutie. a tiny little function that just sets up a buffer for you. no drama, no cap. 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

scmi_initialize_events_queue — literally just allocates and initializes a kfifo buffer. that's it. that's the whole thing. slay.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int scmi_initialize_events_queue (struct scmi_notify_instance *ni ,
struct events_queue *equeue , size_t sz );

yes it returns an int, and yes those are the exact three things it wants. copy-paste responsibly 💖

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ni — a reference to the notification instance you're working with. like, which notifier are we talking about, bestie?
• equeue — the events_queue you want to initialize. this is the one getting the glow-up ✨
• sz — the size of the kfifo buffer to allocate. how much room are we giving it, fr fr

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🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

so basically: it allocates a buffer for the kfifo and then initializes it. allocate, initialize, done. main character behavior only 👑

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 on Success 🫶

(that's it. just the zero. no cap.)

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this list is long and it ATE, so buckle up bestie 💀

Kernel file ./drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/notify.c Theory of operation(9), struct scmi_notify_instance(9), struct events_queue(9), struct scmi_event_header(9), struct scmi_registered_events_desc(9), struct scmi_registered_event(9), struct scmi_event_handler(9), scmi_lookup_and_call_event_chain(9), scmi_process_event_header(9), scmi_process_event_payload(9), scmi_events_dispatcher(9), scmi_notify(9), scmi_kfifo_free(9), scmi_allocate_registered_events_desc(9), scmi_register_protocol_events(9), scmi_deregister_protocol_events(9), scmi_allocate_event_handler(9), scmi_free_event_handler(9), scmi_bind_event_handler(9), scmi_valid_pending_handler(9), scmi_register_event_handler(9), __scmi_event_handler_get_ops(9), scmi_get_active_handler(9), __scmi_enable_evt(9), scmi_put_handler_unlocked(9), scmi_event_handler_enable_events(9), scmi_notifier_register(9), scmi_notifier_unregister(9), scmi_devm_notifier_register(9), scmi_devm_notifier_unregister(9), scmi_protocols_late_init(9), scmi_notification_init(9), scmi_notification_quiesce(9), scmi_notification_exit(9)

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and that's the page!! 💜 this little icon lives over in ./drivers/firmware/arm_scmi, dated October 2026, and it's serving Kernel API Manual energy from the very first line to the last. bye bestie, go initialize something 🦋✨