mei_me_cl_by_id(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 mei_me_cl_by_id(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual but make it cute ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the mei_me_cl_by_id(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 🎀 this one's short and sweet and honestly ate — it's literally just "find the me client by client id, and btw it bumps the ref count" 👑

✨ NAME ✨

mei_me_cl_by_id — locate the me client by its client id, and (important!!) it increases the ref count 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct mei_me_client * mei_me_cl_by_id (struct mei_device *dev , u8
client_id );

like, it returns a struct mei_me_client * pointer, no cap 💫

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • dev — the device structure, aka the whole vibe check of a device you're searching in 💖
  • client_id — the me client id, a u8 bestie, keep that in mind 🌸

⭐ RETURN ⭐

you get the me client back, or NULL if it's not found 😭 that's it, that's the whole return value, fr fr

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

Locking: dev->me_clients_rwsem 🔒

that's the entire description, bestie — she's concise, she's iconic, she tells you exactly which lock is in play and then leaves the group chat 👑💅

lowkey obsessed with how this page just says the locking line and dips 😭 no extra lore, no backstory, just dev->me_clients_rwsem and goodbye

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/misc/mei/client.c — and like, literally the entire friend group of mei functions, go say hi to all of them 💖:

like, that's the whole squad right there 🫶💜

✨ and that's the page!! ✨ this little cutie lives in ./drivers/misc/mei, dated October 2026, and it's filed under mei_me_cl_by_id(9) 💅🎀 see u in the next manpage bestie, mwah 🦋💖

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