STRUCT SND_COMPR_AVAIL(9)

💖 struct snd_compr_avail(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for struct snd_compr_avail(9), and it's giving tiny struct with main-character ring-buffer energy 💅✨.

🎀 NAME 🎀

struct snd_compr_avail — avail descriptor. yes, that's the descriptor for avail, no cap 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the struct is literally this, exactly:

       struct snd_compr_avail {
           __u64 avail;
           struct snd_compr_tstamp tstamp;
        };

🦋 Members 🦋

• avail — Number of bytes available in ring buffer for writing/reading. that's the byte count bestie, for writing/reading in the ring buffer 🫶
• tstamp — timestamp information. time metadata, exactly what it says ⏰

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./include/uapi/sound/compress_offload.h — plus the whole reference friend group:

• struct snd_compressed_buffer(9)
• struct snd_compr_params(9)
• struct snd_compr_tstamp(9)
• struct snd_compr_tstamp64(9)
• struct snd_compr_avail64(9)
• struct snd_compr_caps(9)
• struct snd_compr_codec_caps(9)
• enum sndrv_compress_encoder(9)
• struct snd_compr_metadata(9)
• struct snd_compr_task(9)
• enum snd_compr_state(9)
• struct snd_compr_task_status(9)

okay bye bestie 🫶✨ — source/version: ./include/uapi/sound, date: October 2026. mwah 💋