ssh_request_put(9)

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

okay so real quick, before we even get into it: this is ssh_request_put(9) from the Kernel API Manual. yes we're in kernel land. yes it's giving serious main character energy. let's go ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ssh_request_put — decrements the reference count of a request. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ssh_request_put (struct ssh_request *r );

literally one function, one argument, returns nothing (void, she's humble like that). 🫶

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⭐ ARGUMENTS ⭐

• r — the request whose reference count you're about to decrement. yep. that one. 👑

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so here's what happens, no cap: ssh_request_put decrements the reference count of the given request — and the way it does that is by decrementing the reference count of the underlying struct ssh_packet that's enclosed inside it. cute little nested situation, iykyk. 🧚

and then — the important part — if that reference count reaches zero, the release callback specified in the request's struct ssh_request_ops, i.e. r->ops->release gets called. so like, when the count hits zero, r->ops->release fires. that's the moment. that's the slay. 🎀

also peep ssh_request_get and ssh_packet_put — they're the siblings, the trio, the friend group. see also below. 🫶

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

okay this list is LONG and honestly iconic, so buckle up bestie, we're listing every single one, no skipping, periodt:

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_get(9), ssh_request_set_data(9).

like I said. long. but we ate. 💀🌈

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🍓 sign-off 🍓

this lil page comes from ./include/linux/surface_aggreg... and it's dated October 2026, and yes the footer says ssh_request_put(9) too because consistency is key bestie. mwah. 💖✨👑