STRUCT TNG_PINCTRL(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, gather round — this is struct tng_pinctrl from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the Tangier pinctrl private structure 🎀 yes, the private one, the one the driver keeps for itself, iykyk.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

the whole vibe, in code, no cap — every single field exactly as it is:

struct tng_pinctrl {
    struct device *dev;
    raw_spinlock_t lock;
    struct pinctrl_desc pctldesc;
    struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev;
    const struct tng_family *families;
    size_t nfamilies;
    const struct intel_function *functions;
    size_t nfunctions;
    const struct intel_pingroup *groups;
    size_t ngroups;
    const struct pinctrl_pin_desc *pins;
    size_t npins;
 };

💖 Members 💖

bestie each of these is a whole personality, let me introduce you:

• dev — pointer to the device structure. it's giving "who do i belong to" energy 💅
• lock — the lock that serializes register access. raw spinlock behaviour, main character of the concurrency situation 🔥
• pctldesc — the pin controller description
• pctldev — pointer to the pin controller device
• families — array of the families this pinctrl handles 🎀
• nfamilies — number of families in that array (yes, they travel together, always)
• functions — array of functions
• nfunctions — number of functions in the array
• groups — array of pin groups 🌸
• ngroups — number of groups in the array
• pins — array of the pins this pinctrl controls ⭐
• npins — number of pins in the array

ngl bestie, the pattern is iconic: one pointer to an array, one size_t counting it. every. single. time. she's consistent and we love her for it 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-tangier.h — struct tng_family(9) ✨

and that's the tea, bestie 🍓 this lil legend lives in ./drivers/pinctrl/intel, dated October 2026, in the struct tng_pinctrl(9) era — periodt, go read the header, ily bye 💜🧚