pdr_handle_alloc(9)

✨ pdr_handle_alloc ✨ — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the pdr_handle_alloc(9) page! we're in the Kernel API Manual and this is literally the “initialize the PDR client handle” moment. it’s giving small function, big tracking/restart energy 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

pdr_handle_alloc - initialize the PDR client handle

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct pdr_handle * pdr_handle_alloc (void (*status)(int state, char
       *service_path, void *priv) , void *priv );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• status — function to be called on PD state change. yes bestie, this is your callback moment ✨
• priv — handle for client's use. it’s your little stash for the callback 🫶

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so this function initializes the PDR client handle to allow for tracking/restart of PDs. that’s the whole vibe: get your handle set up so the tracking/restart situation can do its thing 👑

⭐ RETURN ⭐

pdr_handle object on success, ERR_PTR on failure. slay when it works, 😭 when it’s ERR_PTR.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the lore lives in the Kernel file ./drivers/soc/qcom/pdr_interface.c, and you should also peek at:

• pdr_add_lookup(9)
• pdr_restart_pd(9)
• pdr_handle_release(9)

that’s the tea 🍓 this page’s source/version is ./drivers/soc/qcom, dated October 2026 — mwah, go slay your PD tracking/restart era 💜