cros_ec_handle_event(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 cros_ec_handle_event — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

Okay so picture this: you're deep in the ChromeOS embedded controller lore, the Kernel API Manual is open on your other monitor, and you've landed on cros_ec_handle_event(9). Bestie, you're in the right place — let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

cros_ec_handle_event — process and forward pending events on EC 💌

Like, it takes the events the EC is sitting on, deals with them, and passes them along. Main character behavior, honestly.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool cros_ec_handle_event (struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev );

That's the whole signature. Clean. Iconic. No notes 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • ec_dev — the Device with events to process. It's giving "the EC that has tea to spill" and you're the one holding the cup 🍓

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Call this function in a loop when the kernel is notified that the EC has pending events.

That's literally it, but the "in a loop" part is doing so much work — the kernel says "hey, EC's got stuff queued up," and you keep calling this until it stops saying that. Not me being obsessed with a while loop 😭

⭐ RETURN ⭐

Returns true if more events are still pending and this function should be called again.

So like — true means "girl, we're not done, run it back 💅" and anything else means you can clock out. The loop check is the whole vibe check, no cap.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec.c, plus the whole friend group:

Go read them. They ate 🔥

Ngl, if you skip the loop and call this exactly once, don't come crying to me when events are still pending. The return value is literally telling you what to do 💀

Okay that's the page!! Big slay to whoever maintains ./drivers/platform/chrome — you're carrying the Kernel API Manual on your back fr fr 👑 And a very cute little timestamp for you: October 2026 ✨🦋 see u next commit bestie 💖

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