__mei_me_cl_by_uuid_id(9)

💅 __mei_me_cl_by_uuid_id(9) — Kernel API Manual vibes ✨

okay so this is the <pink>Kernel API Manual</pink> page for __mei_me_cl_by_uuid_id, and bestie, the name literally spills the tea right there: it locates a me client by client id and uuid — and yes, it increases the ref count 🫶 so don't ghost it afterward, mmmkay?

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✨ NAME ✨

__mei_me_cl_by_uuid_id — locate me client by client id and uuid, increases ref count 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct mei_me_client * __mei_me_cl_by_uuid_id (struct mei_device *dev ,
const uuid_le *uuid , u8 client_id );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the device structure 🌸
• uuid — me client uuid ✨
• client_id — me client id 💫

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👑 RETURN 👑

me client or null if not found — so like, check for NULL, no cap, or you'll be crying in the group chat 😭

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Locking: dev->me_clients_rwsem 🔒 — the way that semaphore is holding it down the whole time, iconic.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/misc/mei/client.c and honestly, the whole friend group showed up:

mei_me_cl_init(9), mei_me_cl_get(9), mei_me_cl_release(9), mei_me_cl_put(9), __mei_me_cl_del(9), mei_me_cl_del(9), mei_me_cl_add(9), __mei_me_cl_by_uuid(9), mei_me_cl_by_uuid(9), mei_me_cl_by_id(9), mei_me_cl_by_uuid_id(9), mei_me_cl_rm_by_uuid(9), mei_me_cl_rm_all(9), mei_io_cb_free(9), mei_tx_cb_enqueue(9), mei_tx_cb_dequeue(9), mei_cl_set_read_by_fp(9), mei_io_cb_init(9), mei_io_list_flush_cl(9), mei_io_tx_list_free_cl(9), mei_io_rd_list_free_fp(9), mei_cl_free_pending(9), mei_cl_alloc_cb(9), mei_cl_enqueue_ctrl_wr_cb(9), mei_cl_read_cb(9), mei_cl_flush_queues(9), mei_cl_init(9), mei_cl_allocate(9), mei_cl_link(9), mei_cl_unlink(9), mei_hbuf_acquire(9), mei_cl_wake_all(9), mei_cl_set_disconnected(9), mei_cl_irq_disconnect(9), __mei_cl_disconnect(9), mei_cl_disconnect(9), mei_cl_is_other_connecting(9), mei_cl_send_connect(9), mei_cl_irq_connect(9), mei_cl_connect(9), mei_cl_alloc_linked(9), mei_cl_tx_flow_ctrl_creds(9), mei_cl_tx_flow_ctrl_creds_reduce(9), mei_cl_vtag_alloc(9), mei_cl_fp_by_vtag(9), mei_cl_reset_read_by_vtag(9), mei_cl_read_vtag_add_fc(9), mei_cl_vt_support_check(9), mei_cl_add_rd_completed(9), mei_cl_del_rd_completed(9), mei_cl_notify_fop2req(9), mei_cl_notify_req2fop(9), mei_cl_irq_notify(9), mei_cl_notify_request(9), mei_cl_notify(9), mei_cl_notify_get(9), mei_cl_read_start(9), mei_msg_hdr_init(9), mei_cl_irq_write(9), mei_cl_write(9), mei_cl_complete(9), mei_cl_all_disconnect(9), mei_cl_irq_dma_map(9), mei_cl_irq_dma_unmap(9), mei_cl_dma_alloc_and_map(9), mei_cl_dma_unmap(9)

like, that's the whole squad, periodt 💀👑

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🧚 tiny reminder from me to you: this one bumps the ref count, so pair it with a release/put situation and don't just leave it hanging 🙈

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okay that's the page!! 🍓 it ships out of ./drivers/misc/mei, dated October 2026, and it's the __mei_me_cl_by_uuid_id(9) entry in the Kernel API Manual — mwah, go be the main character of your driver code 💜🦋🎀