mei_hbuf_acquire(9)

💅 mei_hbuf_acquire(9) 💅

okay bestie, this is mei_hbuf_acquire(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s giving “tiny function, very important job” energy. ✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

mei_hbuf_acquire — try to acquire host buffer. literally that’s the mission, no cap. 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool mei_hbuf_acquire (struct mei_device *dev );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• dev — the device structure. that’s the whole description, bestie. 🫶

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

true if host buffer was acquired. that’s the return tea, periodt. 💅

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the manpage points at the Kernel file ./drivers/misc/mei/client.c, and then it absolutely unleashes the whole related-call guest list. every single one is here, iykyk:

• 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_allocate(9)
• mei_cl_link(9)
• mei_cl_unlink(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)

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and that’s the whole vibe, bestie: mei_hbuf_acquire(9), from ./drivers/misc/mei, dated October 2026. mwah 💋✨