ishtp_get_device(9)

✨ ishtp_get_device(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 you're literally reading ishtp_get_device(9) rn and honestly? it's giving tiny-but-mighty. let's get into it 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ishtp_get_device — update usage count for the device

like yeah that's it, that's the whole vibe, but let's elaborate because you deserve context 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ishtp_get_device (struct ishtp_cl_device *cl_device );

no return value, no cap. it just does the thing and dips 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• cl_device — client device instance. yeah that one. the whole entire point of this function, bestie 🎯

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so what it actually does: it increments the usage count. that's it. one lil number goes up, and because of that, the device can't be deleted 😭🔥

literally holding the door open for the device so nobody yanks it out from under you. protective energy fr fr 🧚

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the Kernel file ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/bus.c is where all this lives btw, and here's the full squad it runs with 👑

• ishtp_recv(9)
• ishtp_send_msg(9)
• ishtp_write_message(9)
• ishtp_fw_cl_by_uuid(9)
• ishtp_fw_cl_get_client(9)
• ishtp_get_fw_client_id(9)
• ishtp_fw_cl_by_id(9)
• ishtp_cl_device_probe(9)
• ishtp_cl_bus_match(9)
• ishtp_cl_device_remove(9)
• ishtp_cl_device_suspend(9)
• ishtp_cl_device_resume(9)
• ishtp_cl_device_reset(9)
• ishtp_bus_add_device(9)
• ishtp_bus_remove_device(9)
• ishtp_cl_driver_register(9)
• ishtp_cl_driver_unregister(9)
• ishtp_bus_event_work(9)
• ishtp_cl_bus_rx_event(9)
• ishtp_register_event_cb(9)
• ishtp_put_device(9)
• ishtp_set_drvdata(9)
• ishtp_get_drvdata(9)
• ishtp_dev_to_cl_device(9)
• ishtp_bus_new_client(9)
• ishtp_cl_device_bind(9)
• ishtp_bus_remove_all_clients(9)
• ishtp_reset_handler(9)
• ishtp_reset_compl_handler(9)
• ishtp_use_dma_transfer(9)
• ishtp_device(9)
• ishtp_wait_resume(9)
• ishtp_get_pci_device(9)
• ishtp_get_workqueue(9)
• ishtp_trace_callback(9)
• ish_hw_reset(9)
• ishtp_bus_register(9)
• ishtp_bus_unregister(9)

like... the whole friend group showed up 💀 and yes you should probably read ishtp_put_device(9) too since it's the literal counterpart — balance, harmony, yin and yang, get and put, iykyk 🤝

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reminder bestie: this page ships from ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp and it's dated October 2026 🗓️✨ mwah, go increment something responsibly 💅💖