ssh_ptl_get_device(9)

💅 ssh_ptl_get_device(9) — the kernel API manual, but make it make sense

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and today's main character is ssh_ptl_get_device ✨ this is the lil helper that tells you which device your packet transport layer is built on top of. that's it, that's the whole job, and honestly? iconic. 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ssh_ptl_get_device — get the device associated with the packet transport layer. yes literally, that's the vibe: you hand it a transport layer, it hands you a device. no cap. 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct device * ssh_ptl_get_device (struct ssh_ptl *ptl );

one function, one argument, one pointer coming back at you. clean. effortless. slay. 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ptl — the packet transport layer. this is the thing you're asking about, okay? the whole point. give it the ptl and it'll go find the device it's living on. 💖

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

returns the device on which the given packet transport layer builds upon. so like, the device backing your ptl. that's the answer. periodt. 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• the kernel file ./drivers/platform/surface/aggregator/ssh_packet_layer.h — go read the source, bestie, it's right there 🍓
• enum ssh_ptl_state_flags(9)
• struct ssh_ptl_ops(9)
• struct ssh_ptl(9)
• ssh_ptl_tx_wakeup_transfer(9)

like, if you're already here, you're probably gonna want the whole squad. iykyk. 🧚

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ok tiny reminder: this page is part of the Kernel API Manual, and the footer situation is giving ./drivers/platform/surface/agg... with an October 2026 date, all signed ssh_ptl_get_device(9). so yeah — that's the source, that's the version, that's the date, mwah 💜 ngl a very cute sign-off for a very cute getter.

go get that device, bestie 💖✨🎀