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SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ + +.. |ssh_ptl| replace:: :c:type:`struct ssh_ptl <ssh_ptl>` +.. |ssh_ptl_submit| replace:: :c:func:`ssh_ptl_submit` +.. |ssh_ptl_cancel| replace:: :c:func:`ssh_ptl_cancel` +.. |ssh_ptl_shutdown| replace:: :c:func:`ssh_ptl_shutdown` +.. |ssh_ptl_rx_rcvbuf| replace:: :c:func:`ssh_ptl_rx_rcvbuf` +.. |ssh_rtl| replace:: :c:type:`struct ssh_rtl <ssh_rtl>` +.. |ssh_rtl_submit| replace:: :c:func:`ssh_rtl_submit` +.. |ssh_rtl_cancel| replace:: :c:func:`ssh_rtl_cancel` +.. |ssh_rtl_shutdown| replace:: :c:func:`ssh_rtl_shutdown` +.. |ssh_packet| replace:: :c:type:`struct ssh_packet <ssh_packet>` +.. |ssh_packet_get| replace:: :c:func:`ssh_packet_get` +.. |ssh_packet_put| replace:: :c:func:`ssh_packet_put` +.. |ssh_packet_ops| replace:: :c:type:`struct ssh_packet_ops <ssh_packet_ops>` +.. |ssh_packet_base_priority| replace:: :c:type:`enum ssh_packet_base_priority <ssh_packet_base_priority>` +.. |ssh_packet_flags| replace:: :c:type:`enum ssh_packet_flags <ssh_packet_flags>` +.. |SSH_PACKET_PRIORITY| replace:: :c:func:`SSH_PACKET_PRIORITY` +.. |ssh_frame| replace:: :c:type:`struct ssh_frame <ssh_frame>` +.. |ssh_command| replace:: :c:type:`struct ssh_command <ssh_command>` +.. |ssh_request| replace:: :c:type:`struct ssh_request <ssh_request>` +.. |ssh_request_get| replace:: :c:func:`ssh_request_get` +.. |ssh_request_put| replace:: :c:func:`ssh_request_put` +.. |ssh_request_ops| replace:: :c:type:`struct ssh_request_ops <ssh_request_ops>` +.. |ssh_request_init| replace:: :c:func:`ssh_request_init` +.. |ssh_request_flags| replace:: :c:type:`enum ssh_request_flags <ssh_request_flags>` +.. |ssam_controller| replace:: :c:type:`struct ssam_controller <ssam_controller>` +.. |ssam_device| replace:: :c:type:`struct ssam_device <ssam_device>` +.. |ssam_device_driver| replace:: :c:type:`struct ssam_device_driver <ssam_device_driver>` +.. |ssam_client_bind| replace:: :c:func:`ssam_client_bind` +.. |ssam_client_link| replace:: :c:func:`ssam_client_link` +.. |ssam_request_sync| replace:: :c:type:`struct ssam_request_sync <ssam_request_sync>` +.. |ssam_event_registry| replace:: :c:type:`struct ssam_event_registry <ssam_event_registry>` +.. |ssam_event_id| replace:: :c:type:`struct ssam_event_id <ssam_event_id>` +.. |ssam_nf| replace:: :c:type:`struct ssam_nf <ssam_nf>` +.. |ssam_nf_refcount_inc| replace:: :c:func:`ssam_nf_refcount_inc` +.. |ssam_nf_refcount_dec| replace:: :c:func:`ssam_nf_refcount_dec` +.. |ssam_notifier_register| replace:: :c:func:`ssam_notifier_register` +.. |ssam_notifier_unregister| replace:: :c:func:`ssam_notifier_unregister` +.. |ssam_cplt| replace:: :c:type:`struct ssam_cplt <ssam_cplt>` +.. |ssam_event_queue| replace:: :c:type:`struct ssam_event_queue <ssam_event_queue>` +.. |ssam_request_sync_submit| replace:: :c:func:`ssam_request_sync_submit` + +===================== +Core Driver Internals +===================== + +Architectural overview of the Surface System Aggregator Module (SSAM) core +and Surface Serial Hub (SSH) driver. For the API documentation, refer to: + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 2 + + internal-api + + +Overview +======== + +The SSAM core implementation is structured in layers, somewhat following the +SSH protocol structure: + +Lower-level packet transport is implemented in the *packet transport layer +(PTL)*, directly building on top of the serial device (serdev) +infrastructure of the kernel. As the name indicates, this layer deals with +the packet transport logic and handles things like packet validation, packet +acknowledgment (ACKing), packet (retransmission) timeouts, and relaying +packet payloads to higher-level layers. + +Above this sits the *request transport layer (RTL)*. This layer is centered +around command-type packet payloads, i.e. requests (sent from host to EC), +responses of the EC to those requests, and events (sent from EC to host). +It, specifically, distinguishes events from request responses, matches +responses to their corresponding requests, and implements request timeouts. + +The *controller* layer is building on top of this and essentially decides +how request responses and, especially, events are dealt with. It provides an +event notifier system, handles event activation/deactivation, provides a +workqueue for event and asynchronous request completion, and also manages +the message counters required for building command messages (``SEQ``, +``RQID``). This layer basically provides a fundamental interface to the SAM +EC for use in other kernel drivers. + +While the controller layer already provides an interface for other kernel +drivers, the client *bus* extends this interface to provide support for +native SSAM devices, i.e. devices that are not defined in ACPI and not +implemented as platform devices, via |ssam_device| and |ssam_device_driver| +simplify management of client devices and client drivers. + +Refer to Documentation/driver-api/surface_aggregator/client.rst for +documentation regarding the client device/driver API and interface options +for other kernel drivers. It is recommended to familiarize oneself with +that chapter and the Documentation/driver-api/surface_aggregator/ssh.rst +before continuing with the architectural overview below. + + +Packet Transport Layer +====================== + +The packet transport layer is represented via |ssh_ptl| and is structured +around the following key concepts: + +Packets +------- + +Packets are the fundamental transmission unit of the SSH protocol. They are +managed by the packet transport layer, which is essentially the lowest layer +of the driver and is built upon by other components of the SSAM core. +Packets to be transmitted by the SSAM core are represented via |ssh_packet| +(in contrast, packets received by the core do not have any specific +structure and are managed entirely via the raw |ssh_frame|). + +This structure contains the required fields to manage the packet inside the +transport layer, as well as a reference to the buffer containing the data to +be transmitted (i.e. the message wrapped in |ssh_frame|). Most notably, it +contains an internal reference count, which is used for managing its +lifetime (accessible via |ssh_packet_get| and |ssh_packet_put|). When this +counter reaches zero, the ``release()`` callback provided to the packet via +its |ssh_packet_ops| reference is executed, which may then deallocate the +packet or its enclosing structure (e.g. |ssh_request|). + +In addition to the ``release`` callback, the |ssh_packet_ops| reference also +provides a ``complete()`` callback, which is run once the packet has been +completed and provides the status of this completion, i.e. zero on success +or a negative errno value in case of an error. Once the packet has been +submitted to the packet transport layer, the ``complete()`` callback is +always guaranteed to be executed before the ``release()`` callback, i.e. the +packet will always be completed, either successfully, with an error, or due +to cancellation, before it will be released. + +The state of a packet is managed via its ``state`` flags +(|ssh_packet_flags|), which also contains the packet type. In particular, +the following bits are noteworthy: + +* ``SSH_PACKET_SF_LOCKED_BIT``: This bit is set when completion, either + through error or success, is imminent. It indicates that no further + references of the packet should be taken and any existing references + should be dropped as soon as possible. The process setting this bit is + responsible for removing any references to this packet from the packet + queue and pending set. + +* ``SSH_PACKET_SF_COMPLETED_BIT``: This bit is set by the process running the + ``complete()`` callback and is used to ensure that this callback only runs + once. + +* ``SSH_PACKET_SF_QUEUED_BIT``: This bit is set when the packet is queued on + the packet queue and cleared when it is dequeued. + +* ``SSH_PACKET_SF_PENDING_BIT``: This bit is set when the packet is added to + the pending set and cleared when it is removed from it. + +Packet Queue +------------ + +The packet queue is the first of the two fundamental collections in the +packet transport layer. It is a priority queue, with priority of the +respective packets based on the packet type (major) and number of tries +(minor). See |SSH_PACKET_PRIORITY| for more details on the priority value. + +All packets to be transmitted by the transport layer must be submitted to +this queue via |ssh_ptl_submit|. Note that this includes control packets +sent by the transport layer itself. Internally, data packets can be +re-submitted to this queue due to timeouts or NAK packets sent by the EC. + +Pending Set +----------- + +The pending set is the second of the two fundamental collections in the +packet transport layer. It stores references to packets that have already +been transmitted, but wait for acknowledgment (e.g. the corresponding ACK +packet) by the EC. + +Note that a packet may both be pending and queued if it has been +re-submitted due to a packet acknowledgment timeout or NAK. On such a +re-submission, packets are not removed from the pending set. + +Transmitter Thread +------------------ + +The transmitter thread is responsible for most of the actual work regarding +packet transmission. In each iteration, it (waits for and) checks if the +next packet on the queue (if any) can be transmitted and, if so, removes it +from the queue and increments its counter for the number of transmission +attempts, i.e. tries. If the packet is sequenced, i.e. requires an ACK by +the EC, the packet is added to the pending set. Next, the packet's data is +submitted to the serdev subsystem. In case of an error or timeout during +this submission, the packet is completed by the transmitter thread with the +status value of the callback set accordingly. In case the packet is +unsequenced, i.e. does not require an ACK by the EC, the packet is completed +with success on the transmitter thread. + +Transmission of sequenced packets is limited by the number of concurrently +pending packets, i.e. a limit on how many packets may be waiting for an ACK +from the EC in parallel. This limit is currently set to one (see +Documentation/driver-api/surface_aggregator/ssh.rst for the reasoning behind +this). Control packets (i.e. ACK and NAK) can always be transmitted. + +Receiver Thread +--------------- + +Any data received from the EC is put into a FIFO buffer for further +processing. This processing happens on the receiver thread. The receiver +thread parses and validates the received message into its |ssh_frame| and +corresponding payload. It prepares and submits the necessary ACK (and on +validation error or invalid data NAK) packets for the received messages. + +This thread also handles further processing, such as matching ACK messages +to the corresponding pending packet (via sequence ID) and completing it, as +well as initiating re-submission of all currently pending packets on +receival of a NAK message (re-submission in case of a NAK is similar to +re-submission due to timeout, see below for more details on that). Note that +the successful completion of a sequenced packet will always run on the +receiver thread (whereas any failure-indicating completion will run on the +process where the failure occurred). + +Any payload data is forwarded via a callback to the next upper layer, i.e. +the request transport layer. + +Timeout Reaper +-------------- + +The packet acknowledgment timeout is a per-packet timeout for sequenced +packets, started when the respective packet begins (re-)transmission (i.e. +this timeout is armed once per transmission attempt on the transmitter +thread). It is used to trigger re-submission or, when the number of tries +has been exceeded, cancellation of the packet in question. + +This timeout is handled via a dedicated reaper task, which is essentially a +work item (re-)scheduled to run when the next packet is set to time out. The +work item then checks the set of pending packets for any packets that have +exceeded the timeout and, if there are any remaining packets, re-schedules +itself to the next appropriate point in time. + +If a timeout has been detected by the reaper, the packet will either be +re-submitted if it still has some remaining tries left, or completed with +``-ETIMEDOUT`` as status if not. Note that re-submission, in this case and +triggered by receival of a NAK, means that the packet is added to the queue +with a now incremented number of tries, yielding a higher priority. The +timeout for the packet will be disabled until the next transmission attempt +and the packet remains on the pending set. + +Note that due to transmission and packet acknowledgment timeouts, the packet +transport layer is always guaranteed to make progress, if only through +timing out packets, and will never fully block. + +Concurrency and Locking +----------------------- + +There are two main locks in the packet transport layer: One guarding access +to the packet queue and one guarding access to the pending set. These +collections may only be accessed and modified under the respective lock. If +access to both collections is needed, the pending lock must be acquired +before the queue lock to avoid deadlocks. + +In addition to guarding the collections, after initial packet submission +certain packet fields may only be accessed under one of the locks. +Specifically, the packet priority must only be accessed while holding the +queue lock and the packet timestamp must only be accessed while holding the +pending lock. + +Other parts of the packet transport layer are guarded independently. State +flags are managed by atomic bit operations and, if necessary, memory +barriers. Modifications to the timeout reaper work item and expiration date +are guarded by their own lock. + +The reference of the packet to the packet transport layer (``ptl``) is +somewhat special. It is either set when the upper layer request is submitted +or, if there is none, when the packet is first submitted. After it is set, +it will not change its value. Functions that may run concurrently with +submission, i.e. cancellation, can not rely on the ``ptl`` reference to be +set. Access to it in these functions is guarded by ``READ_ONCE()``, whereas +setting ``ptl`` is equally guarded with ``WRITE_ONCE()`` for symmetry. + +Some packet fields may be read outside of the respective locks guarding +them, specifically priority and state for tracing. In those cases, proper +access is ensured by employing ``WRITE_ONCE()`` and ``READ_ONCE()``. Such +read-only access is only allowed when stale values are not critical. + +With respect to the interface for higher layers, packet submission +(|ssh_ptl_submit|), packet cancellation (|ssh_ptl_cancel|), data receival +(|ssh_ptl_rx_rcvbuf|), and layer shutdown (|ssh_ptl_shutdown|) may always be +executed concurrently with respect to each other. Note that packet +submission may not run concurrently with itself for the same packet. +Equally, shutdown and data receival may also not run concurrently with +themselves (but may run concurrently with each other). + + +Request Transport Layer +======================= + +The request transport layer is represented via |ssh_rtl| and builds on top +of the packet transport layer. It deals with requests, i.e. SSH packets sent +by the host containing a |ssh_command| as frame payload. This layer +separates responses to requests from events, which are also sent by the EC +via a |ssh_command| payload. While responses are handled in this layer, +events are relayed to the next upper layer, i.e. the controller layer, via +the corresponding callback. The request transport layer is structured around +the following key concepts: + +Request +------- + +Requests are packets with a command-type payload, sent from host to EC to +query data from or trigger an action on it (or both simultaneously). They +are represented by |ssh_request|, wrapping the underlying |ssh_packet| +storing its message data (i.e. SSH frame with command payload). Note that +all top-level representations, e.g. |ssam_request_sync| are built upon this +struct. + +As |ssh_request| extends |ssh_packet|, its lifetime is also managed by the +reference counter inside the packet struct (which can be accessed via +|ssh_request_get| and |ssh_request_put|). Once the counter reaches zero, the +``release()`` callback of the |ssh_request_ops| reference of the request is +called. + +Requests can have an optional response that is equally sent via a SSH +message with command-type payload (from EC to host). The party constructing +the request must know if a response is expected and mark this in the request +flags provided to |ssh_request_init|, so that the request transport layer +can wait for this response. + +Similar to |ssh_packet|, |ssh_request| also has a ``complete()`` callback +provided via its request ops reference and is guaranteed to be completed +before it is released once it has been submitted to the request transport +layer via |ssh_rtl_submit|. For a request without a response, successful +completion will occur once the underlying packet has been successfully +transmitted by the packet transport layer (i.e. from within the packet +completion callback). For a request with response, successful completion +will occur once the response has been received and matched to the request +via its request ID (which happens on the packet layer's data-received +callback running on the receiver thread). If the request is completed with +an error, the status value will be set to the corresponding (negative) errno +value. + +The state of a request is again managed via its ``state`` flags +(|ssh_request_flags|), which also encode the request type. In particular, +the following bits are noteworthy: + +* ``SSH_REQUEST_SF_LOCKED_BIT``: This bit is set when completion, either + through error or success, is imminent. It indicates that no further + references of the request should be taken and any existing references + should be dropped as soon as possible. The process setting this bit is + responsible for removing any references to this request from the request + queue and pending set. + +* ``SSH_REQUEST_SF_COMPLETED_BIT``: This bit is set by the process running the + ``complete()`` callback and is used to ensure that this callback only runs + once. + +* ``SSH_REQUEST_SF_QUEUED_BIT``: This bit is set when the request is queued on + the request queue and cleared when it is dequeued. + +* ``SSH_REQUEST_SF_PENDING_BIT``: This bit is set when the request is added to + the pending set and cleared when it is removed from it. + +Request Queue +------------- + +The request queue is the first of the two fundamental collections in the +request transport layer. In contrast to the packet queue of the packet +transport layer, it is not a priority queue and the simple first come first +serve principle applies. + +All requests to be transmitted by the request transport layer must be +submitted to this queue via |ssh_rtl_submit|. Once submitted, requests may +not be re-submitted, and will not be re-submitted automatically on timeout. +Instead, the request is completed with a timeout error. If desired, the +caller can create and submit a new request for another try, but it must not +submit the same request again. + +Pending Set +----------- + +The pending set is the second of the two fundamental collections in the +request transport layer. This collection stores references to all pending +requests, i.e. requests awaiting a response from the EC (similar to what the +pending set of the packet transport layer does for packets). + +Transmitter Task +---------------- + +The transmitter task is scheduled when a new request is available for +transmission. It checks if the next request on the request queue can be +transmitted and, if so, submits its underlying packet to the packet +transport layer. This check ensures that only a limited number of +requests can be pending, i.e. waiting for a response, at the same time. If +the request requires a response, the request is added to the pending set +before its packet is submitted. + +Packet Completion Callback +-------------------------- + +The packet completion callback is executed once the underlying packet of a +request has been completed. In case of an error completion, the +corresponding request is completed with the error value provided in this +callback. + +On successful packet completion, further processing depends on the request. +If the request expects a response, it is marked as transmitted and the +request timeout is started. If the request does not expect a response, it is +completed with success. + +Data-Received Callback +---------------------- + +The data received callback notifies the request transport layer of data +being received by the underlying packet transport layer via a data-type +frame. In general, this is expected to be a command-type payload. + +If the request ID of the command is one of the request IDs reserved for +events (one to ``SSH_NUM_EVENTS``, inclusively), it is forwarded to the +event callback registered in the request transport layer. If the request ID +indicates a response to a request, the respective request is looked up in +the pending set and, if found and marked as transmitted, completed with +success. + +Timeout Reaper +-------------- + +The request-response-timeout is a per-request timeout for requests expecting +a response. It is used to ensure that a request does not wait indefinitely +on a response from the EC and is started after the underlying packet has +been successfully completed. + +This timeout is, similar to the packet acknowledgment timeout on the packet +transport layer, handled via a dedicated reaper task. This task is +essentially a work-item (re-)scheduled to run when the next request is set +to time out. The work item then scans the set of pending requests for any +requests that have timed out and completes them with ``-ETIMEDOUT`` as +status. Requests will not be re-submitted automatically. Instead, the issuer +of the request must construct and submit a new request, if so desired. + +Note that this timeout, in combination with packet transmission and +acknowledgment timeouts, guarantees that the request layer will always make +progress, even if only through timing out packets, and never fully block. + +Concurrency and Locking +----------------------- + +Similar to the packet transport layer, there are two main locks in the +request transport layer: One guarding access to the request queue and one +guarding access to the pending set. These collections may only be accessed +and modified under the respective lock. + +Other parts of the request transport layer are guarded independently. State +flags are (again) managed by atomic bit operations and, if necessary, memory +barriers. Modifications to the timeout reaper work item and expiration date +are guarded by their own lock. + +Some request fields may be read outside of the respective locks guarding +them, specifically the state for tracing. In those cases, proper access is +ensured by employing ``WRITE_ONCE()`` and ``READ_ONCE()``. Such read-only +access is only allowed when stale values are not critical. + +With respect to the interface for higher layers, request submission +(|ssh_rtl_submit|), request cancellation (|ssh_rtl_cancel|), and layer +shutdown (|ssh_rtl_shutdown|) may always be executed concurrently with +respect to each other. Note that request submission may not run concurrently +with itself for the same request (and also may only be called once per +request). Equally, shutdown may also not run concurrently with itself. + + +Controller Layer +================ + +The controller layer extends on the request transport layer to provide an +easy-to-use interface for client drivers. It is represented by +|ssam_controller| and the SSH driver. While the lower level transport layers +take care of transmitting and handling packets and requests, the controller +layer takes on more of a management role. Specifically, it handles device +initialization, power management, and event handling, including event +delivery and registration via the (event) completion system (|ssam_cplt|). + +Event Registration +------------------ + +In general, an event (or rather a class of events) has to be explicitly +requested by the host before the EC will send it (HID input events seem to +be the exception). This is done via an event-enable request (similarly, +events should be disabled via an event-disable request once no longer +desired). + +The specific request used to enable (or disable) an event is given via an +event registry, i.e. the governing authority of this event (so to speak), +represented by |ssam_event_registry|. As parameters to this request, the +target category and, depending on the event registry, instance ID of the +event to be enabled must be provided. This (optional) instance ID must be +zero if the registry does not use it. Together, target category and instance +ID form the event ID, represented by |ssam_event_id|. In short, both, event +registry and event ID, are required to uniquely identify a respective class +of events. + +Note that a further *request ID* parameter must be provided for the +enable-event request. This parameter does not influence the class of events +being enabled, but instead is set as the request ID (RQID) on each event of +this class sent by the EC. It is used to identify events (as a limited +number of request IDs is reserved for use in events only, specifically one +to ``SSH_NUM_EVENTS`` inclusively) and also map events to their specific +class. Currently, the controller always sets this parameter to the target +category specified in |ssam_event_id|. + +As multiple client drivers may rely on the same (or overlapping) classes of +events and enable/disable calls are strictly binary (i.e. on/off), the +controller has to manage access to these events. It does so via reference +counting, storing the counter inside an RB-tree based mapping with event +registry and ID as key (there is no known list of valid event registry and +event ID combinations). See |ssam_nf|, |ssam_nf_refcount_inc|, and +|ssam_nf_refcount_dec| for details. + +This management is done together with notifier registration (described in +the next section) via the top-level |ssam_notifier_register| and +|ssam_notifier_unregister| functions. + +Event Delivery +-------------- + +To receive events, a client driver has to register an event notifier via +|ssam_notifier_register|. This increments the reference counter for that +specific class of events (as detailed in the previous section), enables the +class on the EC (if it has not been enabled already), and installs the +provided notifier callback. + +Notifier callbacks are stored in lists, with one (RCU) list per target +category (provided via the event ID; NB: there is a fixed known number of +target categories). There is no known association from the combination of +event registry and event ID to the command data (target ID, target category, +command ID, and instance ID) that can be provided by an event class, apart +from target category and instance ID given via the event ID. + +Note that due to the way notifiers are (or rather have to be) stored, client +drivers may receive events that they have not requested and need to account +for them. Specifically, they will, by default, receive all events from the +same target category. To simplify dealing with this, filtering of events by +target ID (provided via the event registry) and instance ID (provided via +the event ID) can be requested when registering a notifier. This filtering +is applied when iterating over the notifiers at the time they are executed. + +All notifier callbacks are executed on a dedicated workqueue, the so-called +completion workqueue. After an event has been received via the callback +installed in the request layer (running on the receiver thread of the packet +transport layer), it will be put on its respective event queue +(|ssam_event_queue|). From this event queue the completion work item of that +queue (running on the completion workqueue) will pick up the event and +execute the notifier callback. This is done to avoid blocking on the +receiver thread. + +There is one event queue per combination of target ID and target category. +This is done to ensure that notifier callbacks are executed in sequence for +events of the same target ID and target category. Callbacks can be executed +in parallel for events with a different combination of target ID and target +category. + +Concurrency and Locking +----------------------- + +Most of the concurrency related safety guarantees of the controller are +provided by the lower-level request transport layer. In addition to this, +event (un-)registration is guarded by its own lock. + +Access to the controller state is guarded by the state lock. This lock is a +read/write semaphore. The reader part can be used to ensure that the state +does not change while functions depending on the state to stay the same +(e.g. |ssam_notifier_register|, |ssam_notifier_unregister|, +|ssam_request_sync_submit|, and derivatives) are executed and this guarantee +is not already provided otherwise (e.g. through |ssam_client_bind| or +|ssam_client_link|). The writer part guards any transitions that will change +the state, i.e. initialization, destruction, suspension, and resumption. + +The controller state may be accessed (read-only) outside the state lock for +smoke-testing against invalid API usage (e.g. in |ssam_request_sync_submit|). +Note that such checks are not supposed to (and will not) protect against all +invalid usages, but rather aim to help catch them. In those cases, proper +variable access is ensured by employing ``WRITE_ONCE()`` and ``READ_ONCE()``. + +Assuming any preconditions on the state not changing have been satisfied, +all non-initialization and non-shutdown functions may run concurrently with +each other. This includes |ssam_notifier_register|, |ssam_notifier_unregister|, +|ssam_request_sync_submit|, as well as all functions building on top of those. |