snd_soc_new_compress(9)

✨ snd_soc_new_compress 💅

okay so bestie, this one's from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally called snd_soc_new_compress — and yes, it does exactly what it says on the tin: it creates a new compress 🎀 no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int snd_soc_new_compress (struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• rtd — the runtime for which we will create the compress. that's it, that's the whole vibe ✨ you hand it the runtime, it does the thing.

💖 RETURN 💖

0 for success, else error. so like, zero is the slay outcome 🔥 anything else means something went sideways, and it'll tell you with an error. periodt.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./sound/soc/soc-compress.c — go read the source, iykyk 💅

so yeah, that's the whole page bestie — short, sweet, and iconic 🌈 create your compress, check your return value, and go touch some soc-compress.c 🫶

— with love, from ./sound/soc 💜, October 2026 ✨