acpi_bus_fin...vice_by_name(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the acpi_bus_fin...vice_by_name(9) page in the Kernel API Manual 💅 The actual function is acpi_bus_find_device_by_name — it locates an ACPI device by its name. That's the whole vibe: find the device by name, get a reference, and don't forget your cleanup era. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct device * acpi_bus_find_device_by_name (const char *name );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• name — name of the device to match. That's the argument, bestie. 🍓

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Read this part with your whole chest: the caller is responsible for calling put_device on the returned object. No cap, that's on you. 💀

So if you get a returned object, you gotta put_device it. Don't leave it hanging, okay? 🙈

🔥 RETURN 🔥

Returns a new reference to the matched device, or NULL if the device can't be found. slay. 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./drivers/acpi/bus.c — the source vibes. 👑
• acpi_bus_notify(9)
• devm_acpi_install_notify_handler(9)
• acpi_bus_get_primary_device(9)
• acpi_get_first_physical_node(9)
• acpi_device_is_first_physical_node(9)
• acpi_of_match_device(9)
• acpi_set_modalias(9)
• acpi_match_acpi_device(9)
• acpi_match_device(9)
• acpi_early_init(9)
• acpi_subsystem_init(9)

mwah 💋 — signing off from source/version ./drivers/acpi, dated October 2026, for acpi_bus_fin...vice_by_name(9). Stay iconic, bestie. 🫶✨