ishtp_io_rb_init(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — the main character today is ishtp_io_rb_init(9), and her whole thing is allocating and initializing an IO request block. iconic behavior, honestly ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct ishtp_cl_rb * ishtp_io_rb_init (struct ishtp_cl *cl );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• cl — client device instance. that's the one thing you hand over, bestie 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

This one is lowkey straightforward: it allocates and initializes a request block. no cap, that's the description 💅

⭐ RETURN ⭐

It returns the Allocted IO request block pointer — and yes, the page really spells it “Allocted” 😭, but that's the exact wording: the pointer to the allocated IO request block.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/client-buffers.c

• ishtp_cl_alloc_rx_ring(9)
• ishtp_cl_alloc_tx_ring(9)
• ishtp_cl_free_rx_ring(9)
• ishtp_cl_free_tx_ring(9)
• ishtp_io_rb_free(9)
• ishtp_io_rb_alloc_buf(9)
• ishtp_cl_io_rb_recycle(9)
• ishtp_cl_rx_get_rb(9)

that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 — source path is ./drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp, date is October 2026, and it's ishtp_io_rb_init(9) from the Kernel API Manual. periodt 💅✨