virtsnd_pcm_find(9)

💅 virtsnd_pcm_find(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the virtsnd_pcm_find(9) page from the Kernel API Manual. this one is literally about finding the PCM device for the specified node ID, and it is giving very “quick little lookup” energy. ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

virtsnd_pcm_find — Find the PCM device for the specified node ID.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct virtio_pcm * virtsnd_pcm_find (struct virtio_snd *snd , u32 nid
       );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• snd — the VirtIO sound device. that's the sound-device bestie we're working with.
• nid — the Function node ID. it's the ID for the function node, no cap.

💫 CONTEXT 💫

Any context. so like… any context, bestie. no restrictions on where you call it, fr fr.

🔥 RETURN 🔥

a pointer to the PCM device or ERR_PTR(-ENOENT). that's it, that's the return vibe. 👑

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file is ./sound/virtio/virtio_pcm.c, and the whole related-functions squad is:

• virtsnd_pcm_build_hw(9)
• virtsnd_pcm_find_or_create(9)
• virtsnd_pcm_validate(9)
• virtsnd_pcm_period_elapsed(9)
• virtsnd_pcm_parse_cfg(9)
• virtsnd_pcm_build_devs(9)
• virtsnd_pcm_event(9)

okay that's the page! 🫶 it's from source/version ./sound/virtio, dated October 2026, and yes the manual page is virtsnd_pcm_find(9). mwah 💋✨