ishtp_cl_alloc_tx_ring(9)

💖 ishtp_cl_alloc_tx_ring(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's a little kernel-side baddie from the ishtp world and she is literally just here to hand out buffers. no cap. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ishtp_cl_alloc_tx_ring — the girl who allocates your TX ring buffers 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ishtp_cl_alloc_tx_ring (struct ishtp_cl *cl );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• cl — the client device instance. that's her. that's the main character. 👑

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what does she actually do, you ask? she allocates and initializes the TX ring buffers. both. the whole package. she's not just handing you memory and ghosting — she sets it up too. iconic behavior, honestly. ✨

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💀 RETURN 💀

• 0 on success — slay, we love a clean win 🫶
• otherwise -ENOMEM — aka the memory said no 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/client-buffers.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖
• ishtp_cl_alloc_rx_ring(9)
• ishtp_cl_free_rx_ring(9)
• ishtp_cl_free_tx_ring(9)
• ishtp_io_rb_free(9)
• ishtp_io_rb_init(9)
• ishtp_io_rb_alloc_buf(9)
• ishtp_cl_io_rb_recycle(9)
• ishtp_cl_rx_get_rb(9)

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okay that's the whole page bestie, go forth and allocate responsibly 💖✨

mwah 💋 — this gem lives over in ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp, dated October 2026, and she's filed under ishtp_cl_alloc_tx_ring(9) in case you need to find her again 🎀