virtsnd_pcm_pb_pointer(9)

✨ virtsnd_pcm_pb_pointer(9) ✨

okay so bestie, this is virtsnd_pcm_pb_pointer(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and she's literally here to hand you the current hardware position for the PCM substream for playback. main character energy fr fr 💅

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💖 NAME 💖

virtsnd_pcm_pb_pointer — get the current hardware position for the PCM substream for playback. that's the vibe, no cap 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

snd_pcm_uframes_t virtsnd_pcm_pb_pointer (struct snd_pcm_substream
       *substream );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• substream — Kernel ALSA substream. yes bestie, that's the whole argument, and she's iconic 👑

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🧚 CONTEXT 🧚

Any context. lowkey flexible like that ✨

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

Hardware position in frames inside the [0 ... buffer_size) range. cute lil bounded range, iykyk 🫶

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./sound/virtio/virtio_pcm_ops.c, plus these siblings — go give them a vibe check, bestie:

• virtsnd_pcm_open(9)
• 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_cp_pointer(9)

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mwah 💖 this lil page is from ./sound/virtio, dated October 2026 — virtsnd_pcm_pb_pointer(9) signing off, periodt! 🌟