input_register_handle(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 input_register_handle — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🎀

okay so picture this: you've got a brand new input handle and absolutely nowhere to put it. tragic. that's literally what this function is for. welcome to the group chat 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

input_register_handle — register a new input handle. yes that's the whole vibe. it registers. it's a handle. slay.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int input_register_handle (struct input_handle *handle );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • handle — the handle you wanna register, bestie. that's it. that's the argument. she's simple, she's iconic 👑

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so the way this works is: input_register_handle takes your new input handle and drops it onto both the device's lists and the handler's lists. yes, both. she's on both lists. main character energy fr fr 💅

and why does that matter? because once it's on those lists, events can actually flow through it — but only once it's been opened using input_open_device. so like, being registered is the invite to the party, but input_open_device is you actually showing up. iykyk 🌈

bestie heads up: this function is supposed to be called from the handler's connect method. that's the assignment. don't be weird about it 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

kernel file ./drivers/input/input.c — go read her, she ate 🔥

and the whole extended friend group, no cap:

and that's the page, bestie 💜 this one lives in ./drivers/input, dated October 2026, and it was brought to you by the Kernel API Manual herself. go register something responsibly, mwah 😘✨

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