snd_ctl_add_followers(9)

💅 snd_ctl_add_followers(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes, the whole manual, and we're here for exactly one function: snd_ctl_add_followers. it's giving "small but mighty" and honestly? we stan. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

snd_ctl_add_followers — add multiple followers to vmaster 🫶

like, not one, not two, but multiple. we're collecting them. it's a whole friend group. 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int snd_ctl_add_followers (struct snd_card *card , struct snd_kcontrol
       *master , const char * const *list );

the way it returns an int… main character energy fr fr. 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• card — card instance. yes, that's literally it. it's the card. it's the moment. 💳
• master — the target vmaster kcontrol object. the master. the one in charge. the group chat admin, lowkey. 👑
• list — a NULL-terminated list of name strings of followers to be added. so it just keeps going until it hits NULL and then it's like "k I'm done bestie" ✋ ngl that's iconic behaviour.

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Adds the multiple follower kcontrols with the given names. ✨

Returns 0 for success or a negative error code. 🫡 so like — zero means slay, negative means it's giving struggle. no cap.

heads up bestie: the return is 0 on success and a negative error code otherwise. that's the whole vibe check. 🌈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./sound/core/vmaster.c 📁 (the source of truth, the origin story)
• snd_ctl_make_virtual_master(9)
• snd_ctl_add_vmaster_hook(9)
• snd_ctl_sync_vmaster(9)
• snd_ctl_apply_vmaster_followers(9)

like, read them all. the whole friend group. the vmaster cinematic universe. 🍓🧚

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and that's the page, bestie!! 🌸 this one came straight out of ./sound/core, dated October 2026 — so mark your calendar, it's literally from the future 💀✨