virtsnd_ctl_msg_unref(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this page is all about virtsnd_ctl_msg_unref, and its whole job is literally “Decrement reference counter for the message.” That’s it. That’s the assignment. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void virtsnd_ctl_msg_unref (struct virtio_snd_msg *msg );

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💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• msg — control message. That’s the thing you’re handing over, bestie. 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The message will be freed when the ref_count value is 0. No cap. Drop that count, and when it hits zero, the message gets freed. periodt. 💖

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🌸 CONTEXT 🌸

Any context. Literally any. Go off, icon. ✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./sound/virtio/virtio_ctl_msg.c, plus these absolute legends:

• struct virtio_snd_msg(9)
• virtsnd_ctl_msg_ref(9)
• virtsnd_ctl_msg_request(9)
• virtsnd_ctl_msg_response(9)
• virtsnd_ctl_msg_alloc(9)
• virtsnd_ctl_msg_send(9)
• virtsnd_ctl_msg_complete(9)
• virtsnd_ctl_msg_cancel_all(9)
• virtsnd_ctl_query_info(9)
• virtsnd_ctl_notify_cb(9)

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mwah 💖 this cutie came from ./sound/virtio, dated October 2026, and the manual is virtsnd_ctl_msg_unref(9) — byeee, stay slay 🫶🌈