STRUCT TEE_DESC(9)

✨ struct tee_desc(9) ✨ — the TEE driver glow-up sheet 💅

okay bestie, so this page is from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally the little struct that tells the TEE subsystem who your driver is. it's giving "driver ID card" energy and honestly? iconic. 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

struct tee_desc — Describes the TEE driver to the subsystem. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct tee_desc {
    const char *name;
    const struct tee_driver_ops *ops;
    struct module *owner;
    u32 flags;
 };

look at her. four fields. no cap, she's doing the most with the least 💖

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💖 Members 💖

• name — name of driver. yes, just the name. keep it cute, keep it accurate 🏷️
• ops — driver operations vtable. this is where all the actual behavior lives, it's the main character of the struct ngl 👑
• owner — module providing the driver. the whole "who's your parent" moment fr fr 🌱
• flags — Extra properties of driver, defined by TEE_DESC_* below. extra properties! extra vibes! defined by those TEE_DESC_* constants 🔥

🫶 quick note bestie: the manpage says those flags are "defined by TEE_DESC_* below" — that's all the detail we get here, so don't come for me, I'm not making up any extra constants for you 💀

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./include/linux/tee_core.h — start here, bestie, this is the source of truth 💜
• struct tee_device(9)
• struct tee_driver_ops(9)
• struct tee_protmem_pool(9)
• struct tee_protmem_pool_ops(9)
• tee_device_alloc(9)
• tee_device_register(9)
• tee_device_unregister(9)
• tee_device_get(9)
• tee_device_put(9)
• tee_device_set_dev_groups(9)
• tee_session_calc_client_uuid(9)
• struct tee_shm_pool(9)
• struct tee_shm_pool_ops(9)
• tee_shm_pool_free(9)
• tee_protmem_static_pool_alloc(9)
• tee_get_drvdata(9)
• tee_shm_alloc_priv_buf(9)
• tee_shm_is_dynamic(9)
• tee_shm_put(9)
• tee_shm_get_id(9)
• tee_shm_get_from_id(9)
• teedev_open(9)
• teedev_close_context(9)
• teedev_ctx_get(9)
• teedev_ctx_put(9)

that is a LOT of cross-references and every single one of them made it in, you're welcome 💅✨

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🌈 the cute sign-off 🌈

this page lives in ./include/linux and it's dated October 2026 — yes, 2026, we're reading ahead, that's just how ahead of the game we are 😭⭐

and that's the whole page bestie!! struct tee_desc really said "four fields, one job, zero skips" and we respect it 💀🌸 slay, periodt, go read struct tee_driver_ops(9) next 🧚‍♀️