mei_cl_read_start(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 mei_cl_read_start(9) — kernel API manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so we're in the Kernel API Manual, and today's main character is mei_cl_read_start(9) ✨ lowkey it's the "start read client message" function — that's genuinely what the NAME section says, no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int mei_cl_read_start (struct mei_cl *cl , size_t length , const struct
file *fp );

like… it returns an int, it takes three things, that's the whole vibe 🫶

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • cl — the host client 💖 that's literally the whole description lmao
  • length — number of bytes to read 🌈 yes, that's the amount, be so serious about it
  • fp — pointer to file structure 🎀 a pointer. to a file structure. iconic.

🔥 RETURN 🔥

  • 0 on success — slay 💅
  • <0 on failure — not slay 😭 (that's literally how the page says it: <0 on failure)

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

kernel file ./drivers/misc/mei/client.c — the whole squad lives there 💜 and honestly the friend group is huge, here's every single one fr fr:

bestie note 🫶: the double-underscore ones (__mei_me_cl_del, __mei_me_cl_by_uuid, __mei_me_cl_by_uuid_id, __mei_cl_disconnect) are separate entries from their non-underscore twins, so don't go merging them in ur head, iykyk 💀

and that's the whole page, periodt 💅 this lil cutie came from the source ./drivers/misc/mei, dated October 2026, and it lives at mei_cl_read_start(9) in the Kernel API Manual — go be iconic with ur reads bestie 🦋🌸🧚

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