ssam_try_set_controller(9)

💖 NAME 💖

Bestie, welcome to ssam_try_set_controller(9) — yes, that's the page title, and it's living its best life in the Kernel API Manual 💅✨.

ssam_try_set_controller — Try to set the main controller reference. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Okay so here's the exact signature, no edits, no vibes-based rewrites:

int ssam_try_set_controller (struct ssam_controller *ctrl );

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• ctrl — The controller to which the reference should point. 💖

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Set the main controller reference to the given pointer if the reference hasn't been set already. That's the whole assignment, bestie — lowkey simple, highkey important. ✨

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

Returns zero on success or -EEXIST if the reference has already been set. So yeah, success is 0, and "already got one, bestie" is -EEXIST 💀👑

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./drivers/platform/surface/aggregator/core.c 📁
• ssam_get_controller(9)
• ssam_clear_controller(9)
• ssam_client_link(9)
• ssam_client_bind(9)

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That’s the tea, bestie 🍓💜 — the source/version line says ./drivers/platform/surface/agg..., it’s dated October 2026, and the page signs off as ssam_try_set_controller(9) 🫶✨