snd_pcm_stream_unlock_irq(9)

💅 snd_pcm_stream_unlock_irq(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual entry bestie 🎀

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for snd_pcm_stream_unlock_irq(9), and ngl this one is a short little icon — but she matters ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

snd_pcm_stream_unlock_irq — unlock the PCM stream 🔓💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void snd_pcm_stream_unlock_irq (struct snd_pcm_substream *substream );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• substream — the PCM substream 👑 (yes, that's the whole argument, she's low maintenance)

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💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

so this is literally the counter-part of snd_pcm_stream_lock_irq. like, they're a matched set 🫶 you lock the PCM stream with one, you unlock it with the other. that's the whole vibe. no cap.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file ./sound/core/pcm_native.c — go read her, she's the main character 💅

• snd_pcm_stream_lock(9)
• snd_pcm_stream_unlock(9)
• snd_pcm_stream_lock_irq(9)
• snd_pcm_stream_unlock_irqrestore(9)
• snd_pcm_set_state(9)
• snd_pcm_get_state(9)
• snd_pcm_hw_params_choose(9)
• snd_pcm_start(9)
• snd_pcm_stop(9)
• snd_pcm_drain_done(9)
• snd_pcm_stop_xrun(9)
• snd_pcm_suspend_all(9)
• snd_pcm_prepare(9)
• snd_pcm_kernel_ioctl(9)
• snd_pcm_lib_default_mmap(9)
• snd_pcm_lib_mmap_iomem(9)

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fr fr bestie, that's the whole page — go forth and unlock that stream 🧚‍♀️

and that's a wrap on this one!! brought to you by the fine people at ./sound/core, dated October 2026, same as the manual says 🍓 bye cutie 💜✨