acrn_ioreq_client_create(9)

💅 acrn_ioreq_client_create — creating an ioreq client, bestie edition

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and we're talking about acrn_ioreq_client_create(9) — the function that literally spawns a brand new ioreq client into existence. main character energy fr fr ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

acrn_ioreq_client_create — Create an ioreq client 💖

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct acrn_ioreq_client * acrn_ioreq_client_create (struct acrn_vm *vm
, ioreq_handler_t handler , void *priv , bool is_default , const char
*name );

like, that's the whole vibe. five args, one iconic pointer back. periodt. 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• vm — The VM that this client belongs to. it's giving "whose kid is this" energy, y'know? every client has a home VM 🏠
• handler — The ioreq_handler of the ioreq client. lowkey the most important part: acrn_hsm will create a kernel thread and call the handler to handle I/O requests. so yes, real thread, real work, no cap 🔥
• priv — Private data for the handler. your little stash of goodies that gets passed along, iykyk 🙈
• is_default — If it is the default client. true means it's the default one, false means it's just a regular icon 💅
• name — The name of ioreq client. gotta have a name, bestie, we're not naming it "client_final_final_v2" 🎀

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

acrn_ioreq_client pointer on success, NULL on error. so like — check it. if you get NULL, something went sideways, and you should handle that instead of pretending everything's fine 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/virt/acrn/ioreq.c — the source file where the magic lives, go read it 👑
• acrn_ioreq_range_add(9)
• acrn_ioreq_range_del(9)
• acrn_ioreq_client_destroy(9) — the one you call when you're done, because we clean up after ourselves in this house 🧹

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okay that's the whole page, no crumbs left behind 💜 and before you go — this masterpiece came out of ./drivers/virt/acrn, dated October 2026. save it, screenshot it, put it on your fridge. slay 🦋✨