snd_soc_limit_volume(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 snd_soc_limit_volume(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a little function called snd_soc_limit_volume(9) and honestly? she's short, she's sweet, she does exactly one thing. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

snd_soc_limit_volume — set a new limit on an existing volume control. that's it. that's the whole vibe. no cap. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int snd_soc_limit_volume (struct snd_soc_card *card , const char *name ,
int max );

like, look at her. three args, one int coming back at you. iconic behavior fr fr 💅

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • card — where to look for the control 👀 this is the struct snd_soc_card * you're rummaging around in
  • name — the name of the control, as a const char * 💖 you gotta know her name to find her
  • max — the new maximum limit, a plain old int ⭐ this is the ceiling you're setting

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

so here's the tea: it returns 0 for success, and otherwise it returns an error. that's literally the whole description, bestie — no dramatic backstory, no plot twist, just 0 = slay, anything else = not slay 😭

ngl this manpage is lowkey chill about it, so I'm gonna be too. no invented lore, periodt.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

first up, the kernel file it lives in: ./sound/soc/soc-ops.c 📁 and then a whole friend group of functions, all of them here, all of them exact:

like, the whole squad showed up 🫶✨

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this little cutie comes from ./sound/soc and she's dated October 2026 — go off, queen 👑💜

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