component_release_of(9)

💅 component_release_of(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🎀

okay so real talk, this is a page straight outta the Kernel API Manual and the star of the show is component_release_of ✨ she's a little function, she's got main character energy, and she's here to do exactly one thing. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

component_release_of — a common component release function for of_node 💅

like... that's her whole job. "common release function for of_node". iconic, honestly.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void component_release_of (struct device *dev , void *data );

no cap, that's the whole signature. two args, returns nothing (void, she gives nothing back and that's valid 👑).

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the component device. yep, that one. the device. 🧚
• data — the compare_data from component_match_add_release. so like, whatever you handed over there, she gets it back here. iykyk 💖

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

bestie, for the example, please see component_compare_of. that's literally what the page says — the example lives over there, not here. go look 👀✨

no extra lore on this page, fr fr. the docs said "see component_compare_of" and honestly? respect the brevity. 🍓

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

literally the whole friend group, okay:

• the kernel file ./drivers/base/component.c overview(9) 📁
• component_compare_of(9)
• component_compare_dev(9)
• component_compare_dev_name(9)
• component_match_add_release(9)
• component_match_add_typed(9)
• component_master_add_with_match(9)
• component_master_del(9)
• component_unbind_all(9)
• component_bind_all(9)
• component_add_typed(9)
• component_add(9)
• component_del(9)

that's the whole group chat, go say hi 🌈

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and that's the page!! short, sweet, zero fluff, all vibes 💅✨

source: ./drivers/base — version October 2026 — signing off, mwah 🫶💖