media_request_alloc(9)

💖 media_request_alloc — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so bestie, buckle up, we're diving into the Linux kernel's media request game 🎀 this lil' page lives in the media_request_alloc(9) manual, and honestly it's giving "small but mighty" energy ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

media_request_alloc — Allocate the media request 🦋

like, it literally makes a media request happen, no cap 💅

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

int media_request_alloc (struct media_device *mdev , int *alloc_fd );

the way that signature just sits there being all functional and iconic 😭

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• mdev — the media device this request belongs to, like its home base fr fr 🏠
• alloc_fd — you store the request's file descriptor in this int, so it's basically the lil' drop-off spot for the fd 🫶

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Allocated the media request and put the fd in alloc_fd. periodt. that's the whole vibe 💅✨

(lowkey note: the original says "Allocated" — past tense — which is a lil' quirky, but that's exactly what it says so I'm keeping it 💖)

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this list is LONG and we're not skipping a single one, bestie 👑

• Kernel file ./include/media/media-request.h
• enum media_request_state(9)
• struct media_request(9)
• media_request_lock_for_access(9)
• media_request_unlock_for_access(9)
• media_request_lock_for_update(9)
• media_request_unlock_for_update(9)
• media_request_get(9)
• media_request_put(9)
• media_request_get_by_fd(9)
• media_request_mark_manual_completion(9)
• media_request_manual_complete(9)
• struct media_request_object_ops(9)
• struct media_request_object(9)
• media_request_object_get(9)
• media_request_object_put(9)
• media_request_object_find(9)
• media_request_object_init(9)
• media_request_object_bind(9)
• media_request_object_unbind(9)
• media_request_object_complete(9)

like, every single one, iykyk 💀🙈

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🧚 reminder bestie: this one lives under the ./include/media directory, and the page is dated October 2026 — future vibes only 🔥👑

and that's the whole page, slay 💖🦋✨ stay iconic out there, door's that way → 🎀