snd_array_new(9)

✨ snd_array_new(9) — get a new element from the given array ✨

okay bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's about the absolute lowkey workhorse of sound array allocation. it's short, it's sweet, it's giving "one job, does it well" 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void * snd_array_new (struct snd_array *array );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one argument, one pointer returned. 🎀

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• array — the array object, aka the thing you're grabbing a fresh element out of 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the tea: this function gets you a new element from the given array. 🎁

and if that would push you past the pre-allocated array size, it just goes ahead and re-allocates the array for you. no cap, it handles the growth so you don't have to. the way that it just quietly expands things behind the scenes? main character energy. 👑

fr fr though — it returns NULL if allocation failed 💀 so like, please check that return value. don't be out here dereferencing NULL and pretending you didn't see it. 🙈

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• snd_array_free(9) — because everything that gets born needs its counterpart, iykyk 🌈
• the kernel file ./sound/hda/core/array.c — that's where the whole glow-up lives ✨

slay, that's the whole page. it's tiny but it's iconic. 💜

this page lives under ./sound/hda/core, it's dated October 2026, and it ships with the Kernel API Manual — mwah, tysm for reading, bestie 🧚💖