snd_ctl_remove_id(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 snd_ctl_remove_id — bestie's guide to yeeting a control 🎀

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (yes, the actual kernel, not your vibe settings) and it's about snd_ctl_remove_id — the little function that finds a control by its id and removes it. like unfollowing but for kernel objects. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

snd_ctl_remove_id — remove the control of the given id and release it. that's it. that's the whole thing. it takes a control id, it takes the control out, and it lets it go. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int snd_ctl_remove_id (struct snd_card *card , struct snd_ctl_elem_id
*id );

lowkey the formatting is a little crunchy in the original but bestie, it's int, it takes two args, and it returns a status. we move. ⭐

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • card — the card instance. this is your sound card, the main character of the operation. 👑
  • id — the control id to remove. this is the one getting the goodbye speech. 🥺

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the lore: it finds the control instance with the given id, removes it from the card list, and releases it.

find it → pull it from the list → let it go. three steps, no drama, absolutely ate. ✨

ngl, it's giving "clean up after yourself" energy — the control is gone from the card's list and released, so don't come running back looking for it. 💀

🌈 RETURN 🌈

  • 0 — if successful. slay. 🎉
  • a negative error code — on failure. not slay, but the error code will tell you what's up. 🙈

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

so many siblings, this function has a huge family, iykyk. the kernel file is ./sound/core/control.c, and here's the entire friend group:

💜 and that's the page!! sourced from ./sound/core, dated October 2026, part of the Kernel API Manual — snd_ctl_remove_id(9). mwah, go remove some controls responsibly bestie 🧚‍♀️💖
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