snd_pcm_format_silence_64(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💜 snd_pcm_format_silence_64(9) 💜

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — today's main character is snd_pcm_format_silence_64, and she's literally the plug for silence. no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

snd_pcm_format_silence_64 — returns the silent data in an 8 bytes array. that's it, that's the vibe 🫶

⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

const unsigned char * snd_pcm_format_silence_64 (snd_pcm_format_t format
);

like, you hand her a format and she hands you back a pointer. iconic behavior fr fr 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • format — the format to check. yes queen, just the one, we love a low-maintenance parameter ✨

🦋 RETURN 🦋

she gives you the format pattern to fill 💖 — or NULL if there's an error 😭 (yes, check for it, don't just assume she ate, ngl).

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file lives at ./sound/core/pcm_misc.c — that's her address, don't be weird about it 📍

and here's the whole friend group, all of them slay in their own way:

💀 reminder bestie: error checking is not a personality trait, it's a lifestyle. NULL is real and she will show up.

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this little gem comes to you straight from ./sound/core, dated October 2026 🌈 — go forth and fill your buffers with silence, you absolute icon 👑💜

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