STRUCT STRATIX10_SVC_CHAN(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 struct stratix10_svc_chan(9) — like, the service communication channel bestie 💅

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about struct stratix10_svc_chan — the literal group chat between a service client and the service layer. pull up a chair, we're gonna read it together 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

struct stratix10_svc_chan — the service communication channel, no cap 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the whole glow-up, character for character, don't touch:

struct stratix10_svc_chan {
    struct stratix10_svc_controller *ctrl;
    struct stratix10_svc_client *scl;
    char *name;
    struct task_struct *task;
    struct kfifo svc_fifo;
    spinlock_t svc_fifo_lock;
    spinlock_t lock;
    struct stratix10_async_chan *async_chan;
 };

🎀 Members 🎀

every field is a main character, let's meet them 💅

  • ctrl — pointer to the service controller, aka the provider of this channel. she's the one paying for the venue bestie 🌸
  • scl — pointer to the service client that owns the channel. it's giving proprietor energy 👑
  • name — the service client name tied to the channel. nameplate on the door, iconic ✨
  • task — pointer to the thread task that handles the SMC or HVC call 🔥
  • svc_fifo — a queue for storing service message data, and yes it's a separate fifo for every single channel. no sharing, we don't do that here 💀
  • svc_fifo_lock — protects access to the service message data queue (locking pending fifo). bodyguard for the fifo, obsessed 🦋
  • lock — protects access to the channel. the channel's very own bouncer 🎀
  • async_chan — reference to the asynchronous channel object for this channel. the async sibling, iykyk 😭

💜 Description 💜

so this struct is what a service client uses to communicate with the service layer. literally its whole job. and here's the cute part: every service client gets its own channel, created by the service controller — bespoke, made-to-order, one per client 🧚 no hand-me-downs, periodt ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

say hi to the whole extended friend group, they all live in the kernel file ./drivers/firmware/stratix10-svc.c 📁

ngl bestie, if you ever need the channel lifecycle functions, they're all up there in SEE ALSO. go read them, i believe in you 🫶

mwah 💋 that's the whole page, and it lives under ./drivers/firmware, dated October 2026, still serving struct stratix10_svc_chan(9) realness. slay, bye 🎀✨

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