i3c_generic...et_free_slot(9)

🌸 i3c_generic_ibi_get_free_slot(9) 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's about i3c_generic_ibi_get_free_slot, which is literally the "hey do you have a spare?" function of the generic IBI world 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

i3c_generic_ibi_get_free_slot — grab a free slot out of a generic IBI pool 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct i3c_ibi_slot * i3c_generic_ibi_get_free_slot (struct
i3c_generic_ibi_pool *pool );

like, that's the whole signature, no cap ✨

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• pool — the pool you're querying for an IBI slot. it's giving "the friend group you're asking for a spare charger" 🔌

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so the whole vibe here is: search for a free slot in a generic IBI pool. that's it, that's the job 🫶

⚠️ important bestie!! once you're done with that slot, you should return it to the pool using i3c_generic_ibi_recycle_slot. don't just ghost it, that's rude 😭

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

you get back a pointer to a free slot — slay — or NULL if there's no free slot available, which is the 💀 no slots bestie 💀 situation.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/i3c/master.c, plus 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_alloc_pool(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)

like, that's a whole group chat, and they're all iconic 💜

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💖 and that's the tea, bestie 💖 this little gem lives over in ./drivers/i3c, dated October 2026, and it's filed under i3c_generic...et_free_slot(9) — go forth and recycle your slots, periodt 🎀✨