mei_cl_hbm_equal(9)

🌸 mei_cl_hbm_equal(9) 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this little cutie lives in the kernel docs and it's called mei_cl_hbm_equal. say hi 👋

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✨ NAME ✨

mei_cl_hbm_equal — check if hbm is addressed to the client

like, is this host bus message actually for you? that's the whole vibe check right there 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int mei_cl_hbm_equal (struct mei_cl *cl , struct mei_msg_hdr *mei_hdr );

yes the spacing is exactly like that, don't come for me, that's just how she's printed 🎀

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• cl — host client. the client in question, the main character of this function 🫶
• mei_hdr — header of mei client message. the header we're holding up to the light to see who it's for 🔍

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✨ RETURN ✨

true if matches, false otherwise 💖

(and yes, the return type in the synopsis is int — that's literally what's written, i don't make the rules, i just report them ✨)

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

go read the kernel file ./drivers/misc/mei/interrupt.c bestie, it's all in there 🦋

and then these icons, in this exact order:

• mei_irq_compl_handler(9)
• mei_irq_discard_msg(9)
• mei_cl_irq_read_msg(9)
• mei_cl_irq_disconnect_rsp(9)
• mei_cl_irq_read(9)
• mei_irq_read_handler(9)
• mei_irq_write_handler(9)
• mei_connect_timeout(9)
• mei_schedule_stall_timer(9)
• mei_timer(9)

that's the whole friend group, no cap 🌈

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ngl this page is short but she ate. know the header, know the client, know the truth 💀✨

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okay bye ily, this page is from ./drivers/misc/mei, dated October 2026, and it's literally titled mei_cl_hbm_equal(9) — see you in the group chat 🎀💜🧚