snd_compr_stop_error(9)

✨ snd_compr_stop_error(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 this little page is all about snd_compr_stop_error — the function you call when a stream has fully Given Up and you need to break the news to it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

snd_compr_stop_error — report a fatal error on a stream 😭💀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int snd_compr_stop_error (struct snd_compr_stream *stream ,
snd_pcm_state_t state );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• stream — pointer to the stream, bestie. that's the stream we're about to ✨handle✨
• state — the state we want to transition the stream into. yes, you get to pick where it lands 👑

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

So what it does is: it stops the stream and sets its state. that's the whole vibe. iconic, lowkey, does exactly what it says on the tin 💅

⚠️ fr fr important: this should be called with the compressed device lock held. no cap, don't skip that part 🙈

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

Returns zero if it slayed (successful ✨), or a negative error code if it did not 🍓

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./sound/core/compress_offload.c, plus these besties:

• snd_compr_task_finished(9)
• snd_compress_new(9)

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and that's the whole page!! mwah 💜 this little gem lives in ./sound/core and the version we're looking at is dated October 2026, filed under snd_compr_stop_error(9). go forth and stop those error-y streams, bestie 🧚🎀