ishtp_cl_allocate(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ ishtp_cl_allocate(9) ✨

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and bestie, we're talking about ishtp_cl_allocate today. it's a kernel function, it's giving provider-of-client-structs energy, and honestly? iconic. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

ishtp_cl_allocate — allocates the client structure and sets it up. that's it, that's the job. no cap. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct ishtp_cl * ishtp_cl_allocate (struct ishtp_cl_device *cl_device
);

literally one argument, one return, very low-maintenance. we love a function that knows what it wants. ✨

🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

  • cl_device — the ishtp client device. that's the one thing you hand it, and it's exactly what it needs. 🫶

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea: this function allocates memory for a brand-new client device, and then it goes ahead and calls to initialize each field. every single one. the whole glow-up from raw memory to a properly set-up client instance. 🔥

think of it as the "make it exist and make it correct" step. main character energy fr fr. 👑

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • the allocated client instance — slay, you got your struct 🌈
  • or NULL on failure — 😭 yeah, sometimes it just doesn't work out, and you gotta check for that

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

the kernel file lives right here, bestie, go look:

./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/client.c

and the whole friend group of related functions, all of them, in order, no skipping:

ngl, if you're allocating a client and you forget to check for NULL, that's a vibe check you will fail. check the return value bestie. 🙈

mwah, that's the page 💖 it ships from ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp, dated October 2026, and it's signed ishtp_cl_allocate(9) — go forth and allocate responsibly, queen 🧚‍♀️👑

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