STRUCT SSAM_DEVICE(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, welcome to struct ssam_device(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💖 this one is literally the SSAM client device, and it's giving “tiny struct, main character energy.” no cap.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

here's the literal struct block, spacing and all — do not rearrange it, it's iconic exactly as-is:

       struct ssam_device {
           struct device dev;
           struct ssam_controller *ctrl;
           struct ssam_device_uid uid;
           unsigned long flags;
        };

🫶 Members 🫶

the way that these four members carry this whole struct is lowkey iconic, fr fr:

• dev — the driver model representation of the device. that's its whole thing, periodt.
• ctrl — the SSAM controller managing this device. main character controller vibes 👑
• uid — the UID identifying the device. yes bestie, the identifier, that's the tea 🍓
• flags — device state flags, see enum ssam_device_flags. do not sleep on the flags 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

first up, the kernel file is ./include/linux/surface_aggregator/device.h — go read it, iykyk 🌱 then these besties are all linked up:

• enum ssam_device_domain(9)
• enum ssam_virtual_tc(9)
• struct ssam_device_uid(9)
• SSAM_DEVICE(9)
• SSAM_VDEV(9)
• SSAM_SDEV(9)
• struct ssam_device_driver(9)
• is_ssam_device(9)
• to_ssam_device(9)
• to_ssam_device_driver(9)
• ssam_device_mark_hot_removed(9)
• ssam_device_is_hot_removed(9)
• ssam_device_get(9)
• ssam_device_put(9)
• ssam_device_get_drvdata(9)
• ssam_device_set_drvdata(9)
• ssam_device_driver_register(9)
• module_ssam_device_driver(9)
• ssam_register_clients(9)
• ssam_device_register_clients(9)
• SSAM_DEFINE_SYNC_REQUEST_CL_N(9)
• SSAM_DEFINE_SYNC_REQUEST_CL_W(9)
• SSAM_DEFINE_SYNC_REQUEST_CL_R(9)
• SSAM_DEFINE_SYNC_REQUEST_CL_WR(9)
• ssam_device_notifier_register(9)
• ssam_device_notifier_unregister(9)

that's the whole squad, and they all ate 💋

mwah 🦋 — source/version: ./include/linux/surface_aggreg..., date: October 2026, page: struct ssam_device(9) ✨