input_open_device(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so welcome to the input_open_device(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🫶 — this one is literally all about input_open_device, and its whole vibe is: open input device.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int input_open_device (struct input_handle *handle );

that's the signature, no cap 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• handle — the handle through which the device is being accessed. that's it, that's the argument 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

This function should be called by input handlers when they want to start receive events from given input device. periodt ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file: ./drivers/input/input.c
• input_event(9)
• input_inject_event(9)
• input_alloc_absinfo(9)
• input_copy_abs(9)
• input_grab_device(9)
• input_release_device(9)
• input_close_device(9)
• input_scancode_to_scalar(9)
• input_default_setkeycode(9)
• input_get_keycode(9)
• input_set_keycode(9)
• input_reset_device(9)
• input_allocate_device(9)
• devm_input_allocate_device(9)
• input_free_device(9)
• input_set_timestamp(9)
• input_get_timestamp(9)
• input_set_capability(9)
• input_enable_softrepeat(9)
• input_register_device(9)
• input_unregister_device(9)
• input_register_handler(9)
• input_unregister_handler(9)
• input_handler_for_each_handle(9)
• input_register_handle(9)
• input_unregister_handle(9)
• input_get_new_minor(9)
• input_free_minor(9)

okay that's the whole entire page, bestie 🫶💖 source/version vibes: ./drivers/input — dated October 2026 — page: input_open_device(9) from the Kernel API Manual. bye slay ✨🎀