bus_find_device_by_name(9)

💅 bus_find_device_by_name(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for bus_find_device_by_name(9) — yes that's the whole title, and honestly? it's giving "long function name, zero notes." periodt.

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✨ NAME ✨

bus_find_device_by_name — it's a device iterator 🔍 whose whole entire job is locating one particular device that has a specific name. that's it, that's the gig. iconic behaviour, no cap.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct device * bus_find_device_by_name (const struct bus_type *bus ,
   struct device *start , const char *name );

look at that signature. struct device * returns, three args in, lowkey gorgeous. 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bus — the bus type, obvi. this is the bus we're snooping around on.
• start — the Device to begin with. like, where the search kicks off. main character starting point energy.
• name — the name of the device to match. this is the name we're out here looking for, fr fr.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the besties, the fam, the whole friend group 💖:

• Kernel file ./include/linux/device/bus.h struct bus_type(9)
• bus_find_device_by_of_node(9)
• bus_find_device_by_fwnode(9)
• bus_find_device_by_devt(9)
• bus_find_next_device(9)
• bus_find_device_by_acpi_dev(9)
• enum bus_notifier_event(9)

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🫶 quick vibe check: this page lives in ./include/linux/device, and it's stamped October 2026. so yeah — that's the source and the date, cute little sign-off, mwah. 💋

slay, you now understand bus_find_device_by_name(9). go find that device, queen. 👑✨