smsm_update_bits(9)

💖 smsm_update_bits(9) 💖

okay so this page is straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving “tiny kernel function with main character energy.” We're talking about smsm_update_bits — the function whose whole thing is changing a bit in an outgoing entry and informing the subscribers about it. iykyk. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

smsm_update_bits — change bit in outgoing entry and inform subscribers. Periodt. 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int smsm_update_bits (void *data , u32 mask , u32 value );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• data — smsm context pointer. literally the context, bestie.
• mask — value mask. yes, the mask for the value.
• value — new value. the new one. no cap.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: you use this to set and clear the bits in the outgoing/local entry, and then you inform subscribers about the change. that's it. that's the vibe. it's giving “update the bits, notify the people.” ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/soc/qcom/smsm.c
• struct qcom_smsm(9)
• struct smsm_entry(9)
• struct smsm_host(9)
• smsm_intr(9)
• smsm_mask_irq(9)
• smsm_unmask_irq(9)
• smsm_set_irq_type(9)
• smsm_irq_map(9)
• smsm_parse_mbox(9)
• smsm_parse_ipc(9)
• smsm_inbound_entry(9)
• smsm_get_size_info(9)

bestie, this page is signed off from ./drivers/soc/qcom, dated October 2026, and it's literally the smsm_update_bits(9) page — slay, byeee 💖🧚✨