acpiphp_put_context(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so this is acpiphp_put_context(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it is literally the function that drops a reference to an ACPI hotplug context. that's the whole name, bestie — no cap 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void acpiphp_put_context (struct acpiphp_context *context );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• context — the ACPI hotplug context you're dropping a reference to. that's the whole arg, periodt 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

the context object gets removed if there are no more references to it. lowkey simple, highkey important.

call this under acpi_hp_context_lock. do not freestyle the locking, bestie — the manual says call under acpi_hp_context_lock, so that's the vibe. 🔒

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

like, go read these too — they're all part of the same little universe:

• Kernel file ./drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_glue.c
• acpiphp_init_context(9)
• acpiphp_get_context(9)
• acpiphp_post_dock_fixup(9)
• acpiphp_add_context(9)
• acpiphp_max_busnr(9)
• enable_slot(9)
• disable_slot(9)
• get_slot_status(9)
• trim_stale_devices(9)
• acpiphp_check_bridge(9)
• acpiphp_enumerate_slots(9)
• acpiphp_remove_slots(9)
• acpiphp_enable_slot(9)
• acpiphp_disable_and_eject_slot(9)

that's the whole page, bestie 🎀 this one comes from ./drivers/pci/hotplug, dated October 2026, and it's all about acpiphp_put_context(9). slay. 💖