spi_target_abort(9)

💅 spi_target_abort(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

okay so real talk, this one is a tiny little page from the Kernel API Manual and it does exactly one thing, but it does it with main character energy: it kills the transfer that's currently happening on an SPI target controller. no cap, that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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🦋 NAME 🦋

spi_target_abort — abort the ongoing transfer request on an SPI target controller

like… yes, that's it. that's the function. she's short, she's iconic, she's here to cancel your in-flight transfer. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int spi_target_abort (struct spi_device *spi );

it returns an int, she takes one pointer, she's lowkey perfect. periodt. 🔥

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• spi — the device used for the current transfer. that's the one you're aborting, bestie, no confusion allowed 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

this is the part where the page just… lists her friends. and honestly? the friend group is huge. all from the 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_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_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)

like, that's the whole group chat right there. 💀 every single one, accounted for, nobody left on read. 🙈

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and that's the page!! 🧚 this little cutie lives in ./drivers/spi and the version we're repping is dated October 2026 — stan a manual page with a timestamp, honestly. bye bestie, go abort some transfers responsibly 💖🌈⭐