snd_hda_add_new_ctls(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

Okay so this is snd_hda_add_new_ctls(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and the whole point is literally create controls from the array ✨.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int snd_hda_add_new_ctls (struct hda_codec *codec , const struct
       snd_kcontrol_new *knew );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• codec — the HDA codec. That's the codec bestie, the HDA one 💖
• knew — the array of struct snd_kcontrol_new. Yes, that exact struct, no substitutions.

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

This helper function creates and adds new controls in the given array. It's giving "I got you, bestie, I'll handle the control-making" energy 🫶.

The array must be terminated with an empty entry as terminator. Like, actually. An empty entry at the end is required — do not leave it hanging 😭.

It returns 0 if successful, or a negative error code. So 0 = slay ✅, negative = something went sideways 💀.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./sound/hda/common/codec.c. That's the one. And here's the whole related-call roster, all exact names, no edits:

• snd_hda_sequence_write(9), snd_hda_get_conn_list(9), snd_hda_get_connections(9), snd_hda_override_conn_list(9), snd_hda_get_conn_index(9), snd_hda_get_num_devices(9), snd_hda_get_devices(9), snd_hda_get_dev_select(9), snd_hda_set_dev_select(9), snd_hda_codec_set_pincfg(9), snd_hda_codec_get_pincfg(9), snd_hda_codec_set_pin_target(9), snd_hda_codec_get_pin_target(9), snd_hda_shutup_pins(9), snd_hda_codec_cleanup_for_unbind(9), snd_hda_codec_register(9), snd_hda_codec_unregister(9), snd_hda_codec_device_init(9), snd_hda_codec_new(9), snd_hda_codec_update_widgets(9), snd_hda_codec_setup_stream(9), __snd_hda_codec_cleanup_stream(9), query_amp_caps(9), snd_hda_check_amp_caps(9), snd_hda_override_amp_caps(9), snd_hda_codec_amp_update(9), snd_hda_codec_amp_stereo(9), snd_hda_codec_amp_init(9), snd_hda_codec_amp_init_stereo(9), snd_hda_mixer_amp_volume_info(9), snd_hda_mixer_amp_volume_get(9), snd_hda_mixer_amp_volume_put(9), snd_hda_mixer_amp_tlv(9), snd_hda_set_vmaster_tlv(9), snd_hda_find_mixer_ctl(9), snd_hda_ctl_add(9), snd_hda_ctls_clear(9), snd_hda_lock_devices(9), snd_hda_unlock_devices(9), snd_hda_codec_reset(9), __snd_hda_add_vmaster(9), snd_hda_add_vmaster_hook(9), snd_hda_sync_vmaster_hook(9), snd_hda_mixer_amp_switch_info(9), snd_hda_mixer_amp_switch_get(9), snd_hda_mixer_amp_switch_put(9), snd_hda_create_dig_out_ctls(9), snd_hda_spdif_out_of_nid(9), snd_hda_spdif_ctls_unassign(9), snd_hda_spdif_ctls_assign(9), snd_hda_create_spdif_share_sw(9), snd_hda_create_spdif_in_ctls(9), snd_hda_codec_set_power_to_all(9), snd_hda_codec_eapd_power_filter(9), snd_hda_codec_prepare(9), snd_hda_codec_cleanup(9), snd_hda_codec_set_power_save(9), snd_hda_set_power_save(9), snd_hda_check_amp_list_power(9), snd_hda_input_mux_info(9), snd_hda_input_mux_put(9), snd_hda_enum_helper_info(9), snd_hda_multi_out_dig_open(9), snd_hda_multi_out_dig_prepare(9), snd_hda_multi_out_dig_cleanup(9), snd_hda_multi_out_dig_close(9), snd_hda_multi_out_analog_open(9), snd_hda_multi_out_analog_prepare(9), snd_hda_multi_out_analog_cleanup(9), snd_hda_get_default_vref(9), snd_hda_correct_pin_ctl(9), _snd_hda_set_pin_ctl(9), snd_hda_add_imux_item(9), snd_hda_bus_reset_codecs(9), snd_hda_codec_set_gpio(9), snd_print_pcm_bits(9).

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Source/version: ./sound/hda/common · date: October 2026 · page: snd_hda_add_new_ctls(9) — bye bestie, stay terminated 💅💖