mei_cldev_recv_vtag_timeout(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, this is mei_cldev_recv_vtag_timeout(9) from the Kernel API Manual — aka the client receive with vtag (read) function 💅✨. It’s giving “receive data with a virtual tag and a timeout,” and honestly? Iconic.

💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

ssize_t mei_cldev_recv_vtag_timeout (struct mei_cl_device *cldev , u8
*buf , size_t length , u8 *vtag , unsigned long timeout );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• cldev — the me client device, your main character device 💖
• buf — buffer to receive, where the data pulls up 🫶
• length — buffer length, the size situation 📏
• vtag — virtual tag, the little label with main character energy 🏷️
• timeout — recv timeout in milliseconds, 0 for infinite timeout — yes, 0 means infinite, no cap ⏳

✨ RETURN ✨

The vibe check says:

• read size in bytes — that’s the read size in bytes, slay 📖
• < 0 on error — if it’s less than zero, it’s an error, periodt 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./drivers/misc/mei/bus.c — that’s where the lore lives 🗂️✨.

The whole function squad, and yes every single one is invited:

• __mei_cl_send(9)
• __mei_cl_send_timeout(9)
• __mei_cl_recv(9)
• mei_cldev_send_vtag(9)
• mei_cldev_send_vtag_timeout(9)
• mei_cldev_recv_vtag(9)
• mei_cldev_recv_timeout(9)
• mei_cldev_send(9)
• mei_cldev_send_timeout(9)
• mei_cldev_recv(9)
• mei_cl_bus_rx_work(9)
• mei_cl_bus_notif_work(9)
• mei_cl_bus_notify_event(9)
• mei_cl_bus_rx_event(9)
• mei_cldev_register_rx_cb(9)
• mei_cldev_register_notif_cb(9)
• mei_cldev_get_drvdata(9)
• mei_cldev_set_drvdata(9)
• mei_cldev_uuid(9)
• mei_cldev_ver(9)
• mei_cldev_mtu(9)
• mei_cldev_enabled(9)
• mei_cl_bus_module_get(9)
• mei_cl_bus_module_put(9)
• mei_cl_bus_vtag(9)
• mei_cl_bus_vtag_alloc(9)
• mei_cl_bus_vtag_free(9)
• mei_cldev_enable(9)
• mei_cldev_unregister_callbacks(9)
• mei_cldev_disable(9)
• mei_cldev_send_gsc_command(9)
• mei_cl_device_find(9)
• mei_cl_device_match(9)
• mei_cl_device_probe(9)
• mei_cl_device_remove(9)
• mei_cl_device_uevent(9)
• mei_cl_bus_set_name(9)
• mei_cl_bus_dev_alloc(9)
• mei_cl_bus_dev_setup(9)
• mei_cl_bus_dev_add(9)
• mei_cl_bus_dev_stop(9)
• mei_cl_bus_dev_destroy(9)
• mei_cl_bus_remove_device(9)
• mei_cl_bus_remove_devices(9)
• mei_cl_bus_dev_init(9)
• mei_cl_bus_rescan(9)

mwah 💋 that’s the page! source/version: ./drivers/misc/mei; date: October 2026; page: mei_cldev_recv_vtag_timeout(9) — bye bestie, go have a slay kernel day 🫶🌈