spi_mem_get_name(9)

💅 spi_mem_get_name(9) — Kernel API Manual 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the glow-up of spi_mem_get_name — this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's a little one but it's iconic. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

spi_mem_get_name — returns the SPI mem device name that the upper layer can use if it needs to, no cap 🫶

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

const char * spi_mem_get_name (struct spi_mem *mem );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• mem — the SPI memory, that's the whole vibe here 💖

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so this function is literally the friend that tells you the name. it lets SPI mem users retrieve the SPI mem device name, and it's highkey useful when the upper layer needs to expose a custom name for compatibility reasons 🎀

it's giving "hey bestie what's your name" but make it kernel code ✨

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

a string containing the name of the memory device — the one the SPI mem user gets to use, periodt 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/spi/spi-mem.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖

• spi_controller_dma_map_mem_op_data(9)
• spi_controller_dma_unmap_mem_op_data(9)
• spi_mem_supports_op(9)
• spi_mem_exec_op(9)
• spi_mem_set_dqs(9)
• spi_mem_has_dqs(9)
• spi_mem_adjust_op_size(9)
• spi_mem_adjust_op_freq(9)
• spi_mem_calc_op_duration(9)
• spi_mem_dirmap_create(9)
• spi_mem_dirmap_destroy(9)
• devm_spi_mem_dirmap_create(9)
• devm_spi_mem_dirmap_destroy(9)
• spi_mem_dirmap_read(9)
• spi_mem_dirmap_write(9)
• spi_mem_poll_status(9)
• spi_mem_driver_register_with_owner(9)
• spi_mem_driver_unregister(9)

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and that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 🍓 mwah 💋

this little love letter lives in ./drivers/spi, dated October 2026 — thank you for coming to my ted talk, ily, bye 🧚💖