ssh_ptl_tx_start(9)

💅 ssh_ptl_tx_start(9) — like, the whole Kernel API Manual vibe, but make it make sense 🎀

okay so bestie, picture this: it's a kernel API manual page, it lives in the Kernel API Manual (that's the manual name, not me being dramatic), and today's main character is ssh_ptl_tx_start — the little function that gets your packet transmitter thread up and running. she's the beginning of the story, fr fr. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ssh_ptl_tx_start — Start packet transmitter thread. that's the whole job. no cap. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ssh_ptl_tx_start (struct ssh_ptl *ptl );

one function, one pointer, one int coming back at you. iconic minimalism. 🦋

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ptl — The packet transport layer. that's it, that's the whole argument list. she takes the PTL (packet transport layer) and she gets to work. 💖

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🫶 RETURN 🫶

Returns zero on success, and a negative error code on failure. so like — 0 = slay, < 0 = something went sideways. keep an eye on that return value, bestie, it's literally telling you how it went. 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, and yes I'm listing every single one because we don't do "etc." in this house 🧚:

• Kernel file ./drivers/platform/surface/aggregator/ssh_packet_layer.c
• ssh_ptl_should_drop_ack_packet(9)
• ssh_ptl_should_drop_nak_packet(9)
• ssh_ptl_should_drop_dsq_packet(9)
• ssh_ptl_should_fail_write(9)
• ssh_ptl_should_corrupt_tx_data(9)
• ssh_ptl_should_corrupt_rx_syn(9)
• ssh_ptl_should_corrupt_rx_data(9)
• ssh_packet_get(9)
• ssh_packet_put(9)
• ssh_packet_init(9)
• ssh_ctrl_packet_cache_init(9)
• ssh_ctrl_packet_cache_destroy(9)
• ssh_ctrl_packet_alloc(9)
• ssh_ctrl_packet_free(9)
• ssh_ptl_tx_wakeup_packet(9)
• ssh_ptl_tx_stop(9)
• ssh_ptl_submit(9)
• ssh_ptl_cancel(9)
• ssh_ptl_rx_start(9)
• ssh_ptl_rx_stop(9)
• ssh_ptl_rx_rcvbuf(9)
• ssh_ptl_shutdown(9)
• ssh_ptl_init(9)
• ssh_ptl_destroy(9)

lowkey if you're starting the tx thread you're gonna want ssh_ptl_tx_stop(9) too — balance, bestie. 🌈

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and that's the page!! 🍓 this lil beauty came out of ./drivers/platform/surface/agg... and it's dated October 2026 — so go forth, start that transmitter thread, and remember: 0 on success, negative on failure, periodt. 💜🔥