virtsnd_kctl_event(9)

🎀 virtsnd_kctl_event — a.k.a. section 9 of the Kernel API Manual 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to virtsnd_kctl_event(9) — this is a kernel API manual page, section 9, and it's literally about handling control element event notifications. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

virtsnd_kctl_event — handle the control element event notification. that's it. that's the job. simple, iconic, no notes 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void virtsnd_kctl_event (struct virtio_snd *snd , struct
virtio_snd_event *event );

look at her. no return value, just vibes and two arguments. she's a void function, meaning she doesn't hand anything back — she just does the thing 💅

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• snd — the VirtIO sound device. your whole sound-y main character, passed in as a struct virtio_snd * 🌈
• event — the VirtIO sound event itself, a struct virtio_snd_event *. this is the notification that showed up and needs handling 🦋

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🔥 CONTEXT 🔥

Interrupt context. ngl bestie, this one matters — this function runs in interrupt context, so there's no sleeping, no blocking, no chill. keep it quick and well-behaved, fr fr 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay so you're gonna want the whole friend group here — this function does not exist in a vacuum, she has a squad 💜

• the kernel file ./sound/virtio/virtio_kctl.c — yes, that's where the source lives, go say hi 📁
• virtsnd_kctl_info(9)
• virtsnd_kctl_get(9)
• virtsnd_kctl_put(9)
• virtsnd_kctl_tlv_op(9)
• virtsnd_kctl_get_enum_items(9)
• virtsnd_kctl_parse_cfg(9)
• virtsnd_kctl_build_devs(9)

every single one of them, linked up, no cap ✨

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💀 quick reminder: the info above is exactly what the page says and nothing more — no extra lore, no invented behaviour. she's mysterious like that 🙈

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and that's the page! sourced from ./sound/virtio, dated October 2026, and honestly? she ate. periodt 🍓🧚💖