virtsnd_kctl_get_enum_items(9)

✨ NAME ✨

virtsnd_kctl_get_enum_items — bestie, this is the one that queries the items for the ENUMERATED element type 🎀

(it's virtsnd_kctl_get_enum_items(9) from the Kernel API Manual, since we're being official about it 💅)

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int virtsnd_kctl_get_enum_items (struct virtio_snd *snd , unsigned int
cid );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• snd — the VirtIO sound device itself, your main character 🎧
• cid — the Control element ID, aka which element we're talking about 💫

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so this function gets called during initial device initialization ✨ That's the whole vibe — it's an early-days, setup-time situation, not a mid-show thing 🌈

💜 CONTEXT 💜

Any context that permits to sleep 😴 no cap, that's the requirement — if sleeping is allowed where you are, you're good 💅

🎀 RETURN 🎀

• 0 on success — slay 👑
• -errno on failure — it's giving error, and the errno tells you which one 😭

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

Kernel file ./sound/virtio/virtio_kctl.c 🗂️ and its bestie functions, all iconic, all worth a read:

• virtsnd_kctl_info(9)
• virtsnd_kctl_get(9)
• virtsnd_kctl_put(9)
• virtsnd_kctl_tlv_op(9)
• virtsnd_kctl_parse_cfg(9)
• virtsnd_kctl_build_devs(9)
• virtsnd_kctl_event(9)

ngl, read the whole set — iykyk 🔥

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okay that's the whole page bestie, ily, go query those ENUMERATED items 💖 this little number lives in ./sound/virtio and it's dated October 2026 — mark your calendars 🗓️✨ 🫶