seq_buf_printf(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💅 this little page is about seq_buf_printf(9), and honestly it's giving "short and sweet, does exactly what it says." no cap. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

seq_buf_printf — sequence printing of information 🎀

like, that's the whole tagline. it prints info into a sequence buffer. iconic behaviour, zero notes.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int seq_buf_printf (struct seq_buf *s , const char *fmt , ... );

that's the whole signature, bestie. five tokens and a dream 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • s — the seq_buf descriptor 💖 this is your buffer, your main character, the thing getting written into.
  • fmt — the printf format string 🌈 you know this one, you've met it before, it's printf format energy.
  • ... — the variable arguments 🎀 the lil extra squad that gets matched up against whatever's inside fmt. iykyk.

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so what does it actually do? it writes a printf format into the sequence buffer. that's it. that's the lore. ⭐

seq_buf_printf takes your fmt plus all the ... arguments that go with it and writes the formatted result into the sequence buffer s described by the struct seq_buf *s you passed in. simple, clean, slay. 💅

🔥 RETURN 🔥

  • 0 (zero) on success ✨ we love a win.
  • -1 on overflow 💀 the buffer couldn't hold it, that's the vibe check failed.
no in-between, no "maybe," no "it depends." zero or minus one. periodt.

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the kernel file lives at ./lib/seq_buf.c btw 📁 and here's the whole friend group of related calls — go say hi to all of them, they're all in the same little seq_buf family 🫶:

aaaand that's the page!! 🦋 before you go — cute lil sign-off time: this one comes from the ./lib corner of the tree 🌸, dated October 2026 🎀, and it's filed under seq_buf_printf(9) in case you need to find it again later. mwah, go write some buffers bestie 💜

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