snd_hdac_stream_stop(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 snd_hdac_stream_stop (9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so real talk, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the function on the mood board is snd_hdac_stream_stop(9). she's not flashy, she's not loud — she's the friend who shows up, ends the party, and turns off the lights. iconic behaviour honestly 🕯️

✨ NAME ✨

snd_hdac_stream_stop — literally just stop a stream, that's it, that's the whole job 🛑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void snd_hdac_stream_stop (struct hdac_stream *azx_dev );

no cap, that's the whole signature. short and slay 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • azx_dev — the HD-audio core stream you want to stop. that's the one, bestie, that's your target 🎯

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what she actually does: stop a stream DMA and disable stream interrupt. two jobs, zero drama. she doesn't ask questions, she doesn't linger — she just shuts it down 🫶

heads up babe, this is the stop. DMA halts, interrupts go quiet. if you wanted the stream still running, you're in the wrong function, no cap 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

pls go read the whole friend group, they all live in the kernel file ./sound/hda/core/stream.c and honestly they're all giving main character energy:

that's twenty seven besties btw. twenty seven. i counted so you don't have to 🍓

mwah, that's the page 💜 this little love letter ships out of ./sound/hda/core, dated October 2026, and it's filed under snd_hdac_stream_stop(9) — go stop some streams responsibly, bestie, and hydrate while you're at it 🌈✨

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