mei_cl_allocate(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — this is mei_cl_allocate(9), and it's literally the moment we allocate the cl structure and set it up. That's it, that's the whole assignment. No cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct mei_cl * mei_cl_allocate (struct mei_device *dev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — mei device. Like, hand over the mei device and we're good, bestie.

🦋 RETURN 🦋

The allocated file or NULL on failure. So you either get the allocated file back or NULL — that's the vibe check, fr fr.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/misc/mei/client.c — and the whole iconic extended cast, in order:

• mei_me_cl_init(9), mei_me_cl_get(9), mei_me_cl_release(9), mei_me_cl_put(9), __mei_me_cl_del(9), mei_me_cl_del(9), mei_me_cl_add(9)
• __mei_me_cl_by_uuid(9), mei_me_cl_by_uuid(9), mei_me_cl_by_id(9), __mei_me_cl_by_uuid_id(9), mei_me_cl_by_uuid_id(9), mei_me_cl_rm_by_uuid(9), mei_me_cl_rm_all(9)
• mei_io_cb_free(9), mei_tx_cb_enqueue(9), mei_tx_cb_dequeue(9), mei_cl_set_read_by_fp(9), mei_io_cb_init(9), mei_io_list_flush_cl(9), mei_io_tx_list_free_cl(9)
• mei_io_rd_list_free_fp(9), mei_cl_free_pending(9), mei_cl_alloc_cb(9), mei_cl_enqueue_ctrl_wr_cb(9), mei_cl_read_cb(9), mei_cl_flush_queues(9)
• mei_cl_init(9), mei_cl_link(9), mei_cl_unlink(9), mei_hbuf_acquire(9), mei_cl_wake_all(9), mei_cl_set_disconnected(9), mei_cl_irq_disconnect(9)
• __mei_cl_disconnect(9), mei_cl_disconnect(9), mei_cl_is_other_connecting(9), mei_cl_send_connect(9), mei_cl_irq_connect(9), mei_cl_connect(9), mei_cl_alloc_linked(9)
• mei_cl_tx_flow_ctrl_creds(9), mei_cl_tx_flow_ctrl_creds_reduce(9), mei_cl_vtag_alloc(9), mei_cl_fp_by_vtag(9), mei_cl_reset_read_by_vtag(9), mei_cl_read_vtag_add_fc(9), mei_cl_vt_support_check(9)
• mei_cl_add_rd_completed(9), mei_cl_del_rd_completed(9), mei_cl_notify_fop2req(9), mei_cl_notify_req2fop(9), mei_cl_irq_notify(9), mei_cl_notify_request(9), mei_cl_notify(9)
• mei_cl_notify_get(9), mei_cl_read_start(9), mei_msg_hdr_init(9), mei_cl_irq_write(9), mei_cl_write(9), mei_cl_complete(9), mei_cl_all_disconnect(9)
• mei_cl_irq_dma_map(9), mei_cl_irq_dma_unmap(9), mei_cl_dma_alloc_and_map(9), mei_cl_dma_unmap(9)

source/version ./drivers/misc/mei, dated October 2026 — mwah bestie, go forth and allocate responsibly 💅🫶