virtsnd_pcm_open(9)

virtsnd_pcm_open(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this page is all about virtsnd_pcm_open(9) — the open call for the PCM substream. No cap, it’s giving “first step energy” 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

virtsnd_pcm_open — open the PCM substream. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int virtsnd_pcm_open (struct snd_pcm_substream *substream );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• substream — the Kernel ALSA substream 💖

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🦋 CONTEXT 🦋

Process context. 🫶

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🌸 RETURN 🌸

0 on success, -errno on failure. That’s the whole mood. 😭💖

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Related besties live in the kernel file ./sound/virtio/virtio_pcm_ops.c 👑:

• virtsnd_pcm_close(9)
• virtsnd_pcm_dev_set_params(9)
• virtsnd_pcm_hw_params(9)
• virtsnd_pcm_hw_free(9)
• virtsnd_pcm_prepare(9)
• virtsnd_pcm_trigger(9)
• virtsnd_pcm_sync_stop(9)
• virtsnd_pcm_pb_pointer(9)
• virtsnd_pcm_cp_pointer(9)

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sourced from ./sound/virtio, dated October 2026 🎀✨ periodt.