ssh_request_get(9)

💅 ssh_request_get(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🎀

okay so we're deep in the kernel API manual today and the star of the show is ssh_request_get(9). yes it's a refcount function. yes it's short. no we are NOT skipping it, because refcounts are literally the main character of kernel stability 🌈✨

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✨ NAME ✨

ssh_request_get — increment the reference count of a request, that's it, that's the whole vibe 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct ssh_request * ssh_request_get (struct ssh_request *r );

like, you hand it a request, it hands the same request right back. iconic behavior honestly 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• r — the request whose reference count you're bumping up. this is the one you're claiming, bestie, guard it with your life 🔥

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what actually happens: it increments the reference count of the request you passed in by incrementing the reference count of the underlying struct ssh_packet that's enclosed inside it. that's the whole mechanic — the request's count rides on the packet's count. no cap 🧚

also go look at ssh_request_put and ssh_packet_get while you're here, they're the besties of this function fr fr.

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

returns the request you gave it as input. same pointer, same request, zero surprises. slay 💜

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole squad, in kernel file ./include/linux/surface_aggregator/serial_hub.h:

• enum ssh_frame_type(9)
• struct ssh_frame(9)
• enum ssh_payload_type(9)
• struct ssh_command(9)
• SSH_MESSAGE_LENGTH(9)
• SSH_COMMAND_MESSAGE_LENGTH(9)
• SSH_MSGOFFSET_FRAME(9)
• SSH_MSGOFFSET_COMMAND(9)
• ssh_crc(9)
• ssh_rqid_next_valid(9)
• ssh_rqid_to_event(9)
• ssh_rqid_is_event(9)
• ssh_tc_to_rqid(9)
• ssh_tid_to_index(9)
• ssh_tid_is_valid(9)
• struct ssam_span(9)
• enum ssam_ssh_tid(9)
• enum ssh_packet_base_priority(9)
• SSH_PACKET_PRIORITY(9)
• ssh_packet_priority_get_try(9)
• ssh_packet_priority_get_base(9)
• struct ssh_packet_ops(9)
• struct ssh_packet(9)
• ssh_packet_set_data(9)
• struct ssh_request_ops(9)
• struct ssh_request(9)
• to_ssh_request(9)
• ssh_request_put(9)
• ssh_request_set_data(9)

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ngl the source path got cut off in the original footer as ./include/linux/surface_aggreg..., but the date is October 2026 — so like, future vibes only 🌸

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 sourced from ./include/linux/surface_aggreg..., dated October 2026, page ssh_request_get(9) — go forth and increment responsibly, bestie 🎀💖