i3c_generic_ibi_alloc_pool(9)

💖 NAME 💖

i3c_generic_ibi_alloc_pool — bestie, this is the one that creates a generic IBI pool ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct i3c_generic_ibi_pool * i3c_generic_ibi_alloc_pool (struct
i3c_dev_desc *dev , const struct i3c_ibi_setup *req );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the device this pool is gonna be used for, like it's literally the whole reason we're here 🫶
• req — the IBI setup request, aka the lil wishlist describing what the device driver expects

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so basically: this function creates a generic IBI pool based on the info you hand it in req. that's it, that's the vibe. you give it the setup request, it gives you a pool. iconic behavior, no cap 💅

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• a valid IBI pool — if everything slays ✅
• an ERR_PTR — if it doesn't 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/i3c/master.c and the whole friend group:

• i3c_bus_maintenance_lock(9)
• i3c_bus_maintenance_unlock(9)
• i3c_bus_normaluse_lock(9)
• i3c_bus_normaluse_unlock(9)
• i3c_master_queue_hotjoin(9)
• i3c_master_send_ccc_cmd_locked(9)
• i3c_master_get_free_addr(9)
• i3c_master_setaasa_locked(9)
• i3c_master_entdaa_locked(9)
• i3c_master_enec_disec_locked(9)
• i3c_master_disec_locked(9)
• i3c_master_enec_locked(9)
• i3c_master_defslvs_locked(9)
• i3c_master_reattach_i3c_dev_locked(9)
• i3c_master_has_wakeup_enabled_devs(9)
• i3c_master_dma_map_single(9)
• i3c_master_dma_unmap_single(9)
• i3c_master_set_info(9)
• i3c_master_bus_init(9)
• __i3c_master_add_i3c_dev_locked(9)
• i3c_master_add_i3c_dev_locked(9)
• i3c_master_do_daa_ext(9)
• i3c_master_do_daa(9)
• i3c_master_queue_ibi(9)
• i3c_generic_ibi_free_pool(9)
• i3c_generic_ibi_get_free_slot(9)
• i3c_generic_ibi_recycle_slot(9)
• i3c_master_register(9)
• i3c_master_unregister(9)
• i3c_dev_disable_ibi_locked(9)
• i3c_dev_enable_ibi_locked(9)
• i3c_dev_request_ibi_locked(9)
• i3c_dev_free_ibi_locked(9)

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bestie this is Kernel API Manual energy, straight outta ./drivers/i3c, dated October 2026 — and the page is literally called i3c_generic_ibi_alloc_pool(9). go forth and allocate ur pool 💜🌈✨