bus_remove_device(9)

💖 bus_remove_device 💖

okay so bestie, this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about bus_remove_device — the little cleanup icon that removes a device from the bus 💅✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

bus_remove_device — remove device from bus. that's the whole name, no extra lore needed 🫶

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void bus_remove_device (struct device *dev );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• dev — device to be removed. yes, a struct device *, just like the synopsis says 🎀 this is the device getting taken off the bus, periodt.

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so when bus_remove_device runs, it does this whole cleanup routine, and every single step is part of the package:

• Remove device from all interfaces. 🧚
• Remove symlink from bus' directory. 🎀
• Delete device from bus's list. 💅
• Detach from its driver. 🦋
• Drop reference taken in bus_add_device. 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group is here, no skips:

• Kernel file ./drivers/base/bus.c
• bus_to_subsys(9)
• bus_for_each_dev(9)
• bus_find_device(9)
• bus_for_each_drv(9)
• bus_add_device(9)
• bus_probe_device(9)
• bus_add_driver(9)
• bus_remove_driver(9)
• bus_rescan_devices(9)
• device_reprobe(9)
• bus_register(9)
• bus_unregister(9)
• subsys_dev_iter_init(9)
• subsys_dev_iter_next(9)
• subsys_dev_iter_exit(9)
• subsys_system_register(9)
• subsys_virtual_register(9)
• driver_find(9)
• bus_get_dev_root(9)

mwah 💋 — from ./drivers/base, October 2026, repping bus_remove_device(9) 🎀✨