spi_pump_messages(9)

💅 spi_pump_messages(9) — Kernel API Manual 💅

okay so bestie, you found the Kernel API Manual page for spi_pump_messages(9) — and yes, the title and manual name are right there at the top, folded in all cute like a little name tag 🫶. This one is a kthread work function vibe, and she's here to process the spi message queue. main character energy, lowkey.

🎀 NAME 🎀

spi_pump_messages — literally the kthread work function that processes the spi message queue. That's the whole assignment, bestie: it's the worker callback for getting those queued SPI messages moving. ✨

⚡ SYNOPSIS ⚡

no cap, here's the signature exactly:

void spi_pump_messages (struct kthread_work *work );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• work — a pointer to the kthread_work struct contained in the controller struct. it's the little work handle that comes from inside the controller, iykyk. 💖

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

okay bestie, these are the kernel API pages and the file this one points at. every name and number stays exact — nothing renamed, nothing merged, periodt. go browse:

• Kernel file: ./drivers/spi/spi.c
• __spi_register_driver(9)
• spi_alloc_device(9)
• spi_add_device(9)
• spi_new_device(9)
• spi_unregister_device(9)
• spi_register_board_info(9)
• spi_res_alloc(9)
• spi_res_free(9)
• spi_res_add(9)
• spi_res_release(9)
• spi_finalize_current_transfer(9)
• __spi_pump_messages(9)
• spi_take_timestamp_pre(9)
• spi_take_timestamp_post(9)
• spi_set_thread_rt(9)
• spi_get_next_queued_message(9)
• spi_finalize_current_message(9)
• spi_queued_transfer(9)
• spi_flush_queue(9)
• of_register_spi_devices(9)
• spi_new_ancillary_device(9)
• devm_spi_new_ancillary_device(9)
• acpi_spi_count_resources(9)
• acpi_spi_device_alloc(9)
• spi_target_abort(9)
• __spi_alloc_controller(9)
• __devm_spi_alloc_controller(9)
• spi_get_gpio_descs(9)
• spi_register_controller(9)
• devm_spi_register_controller(9)
• spi_unregister_controller(9)
• spi_replace_transfers(9)
• spi_split_transfers_maxsize(9)
• spi_split_transfers_maxwords(9)
• spi_set_cs_timing(9)
• spi_setup(9)
• spi_optimize_message(9)
• spi_unoptimize_message(9)
• devm_spi_optimize_message(9)
• spi_async(9)
• spi_sync(9)
• spi_sync_locked(9)
• spi_bus_lock(9)
• spi_bus_unlock(9)
• spi_write_then_read(9)

mwah 💋 this page is from ./drivers/spi, dated October 2026, and the footer still has spi_pump_messages(9) living its best life. we're so done, bestie. 🌈👑