synth_event_cmd_init(9)

💅 synth_event_cmd_init(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to synth_event_cmd_init, from the Kernel API Manual era. this is the little setup ritual you do before anything fun happens. no cap. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

synth_event_cmd_init — initialize a synthetic event command object 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void synth_event_cmd_init (struct dynevent_cmd *cmd , char *buf , int
maxlen );

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• cmd — a pointer to the dynevent_cmd struct that's gonna represent your brand new event. like, this is the main character of the whole operation 👑
• buf — a pointer to the buffer you're using to build the command. the workspace, the canvas, the vibe 💅
• maxlen — the length of the buffer you passed in buf. yes it has to match. don't be out here lying to the kernel 🙈

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🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

so basically: initialize a synthetic event command object. that's it, that's the job ✨

use this before calling any of the other dyenvent_cmd functions — like, this is the "hi hello let's get set up" step, and if you skip it and jump straight to the other functions it's giving chaos. lowkey not the move. 😭

fr fr, init first. always. 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• kernel file ./kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c — go read it, iykyk 🔥
• synth_event_add_field(9)
• synth_event_add_field_str(9)
• synth_event_add_fields(9)
• __synth_event_gen_cmd_start(9)
• synth_event_gen_cmd_array_start(9)
• synth_event_create(9)
• synth_event_delete(9)
• synth_event_trace(9)
• synth_event_trace_array(9)
• synth_event_trace_start(9)
• synth_event_add_next_val(9)
• synth_event_add_val(9)
• synth_event_trace_end(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💜 this lil icon lived in the ./kernel/trace directory, dropped under the Kernel API Manual umbrella, dated October 2026 — mwah, periodt. 🍓⭐