coresight_put_ref(9)

💅 NAME 💅

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual ✨ and this page is literally all about coresight_put_ref(9). she is the helper function that decreases the reference count to the module and device — and powers off the device. no cap, that's the whole assignment. 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void coresight_put_ref (struct coresight_device *csdev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• csdev — the coresight device you're decrementing a reference from. that's the vibe. 🦋

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file is ./drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c, and these are the struct/function besties linked up with it:

• struct coresight_node(9)
• coresight_blocks_source(9)
• coresight_get_sink_by_id(9)
• coresight_get_ref(9)
• _coresight_build_path(9)
• coresight_release_path(9)
• coresight_select_best_sink(9)
• coresight_find_sink(9)
• coresight_find_default_sink(9)
• coresight_clear_default_sink(9)
• coresight_timeout_action(9)

🫶 cute little sign-off: source/version line says ./drivers/hwtracing/coresight, and the date is October 2026 — mwah 💋✨