STRUCT MODE_STATE(9)

✨ struct mode_state(9) ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and bestie, it's literally all about struct mode_state — the little vibe-tracker that keeps tabs on one specific Type-C alternate mode 💅 like it's the mode's personal hype-manager, remembering everything about it.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

struct mode_state — state tracking for a specific Type-C alternate mode 🦋

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct mode_state {
    u16 svid;
    u8 priority;
    int error;
    struct list_head list;
 };

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👑 Members 👑

• svid — the Standard or Vendor ID of the Alternate Mode 🆔 no cap, this is how we know which mode we're talking about.
• priority — the Mode priority ⭐ like, how much this mode matters compared to the others. main character ranking energy.
• error — the outcome of the last attempt to enter the mode 😭 so if entering flopped, this is where the receipts live.
• list — a list head to link this mode state into a prioritized list 🔗 it's giving group-chat member list, but sorted by priority.

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./drivers/usb/typec/mode_selection.c struct

mode_selection(9), struct mode_order(9), mode_selection_work_fn(9) — go read these too, iykyk 🫶

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fr fr, don't skip the SEE ALSO section, that's where the whole friend group lives 💀

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 this came from the kernel source tree at ./drivers/usb/typec, dated October 2026 — so like, future vibes only 🌈✨ periodt 🎀