cpuidle_add_device_sysfs(9)

💅 cpuidle_add_device_sysfs — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the function that gives your cpuidle device its own little sysfs glow-up 💖 the manual name for this one is literally Kernel API Manual, and it's serving very much "kernel internals but make it cute" energy. let's get into it 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

cpuidle_add_device_sysfs — adds device specific sysfs attributes ✨

like, it literally adds sysfs attributes that are specific to the device. that's the whole vibe. no cap 🫶

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💜 SYNOPSIS 💜

int cpuidle_add_device_sysfs (struct cpuidle_device *device );

yes, it returns an int, and yes, there is one argument. iconic behavior honestly 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• device — the target device. that's it. that's the argument. she's the main character here 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/cpuidle/sysfs.c — go read it if you're feeling nerdy, iykyk 📖✨

and here's the whole friend group, all the related calls you might want to check out:

• cpuidle_add_interface(9)
• cpuidle_remove_interface(9)
• cpuidle_add_state_sysfs(9)
• cpuidle_remove_state_sysfs(9)
• cpuidle_add_driver_sysfs(9)
• cpuidle_remove_driver_sysfs(9)
• cpuidle_remove_device_sysfs(9)
• cpuidle_add_sysfs(9)
• cpuidle_remove_sysfs(9)

like a little sysfs friend group, all linked together fr fr 🧚💜

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ok that's the whole page bestie — short, sweet, and every single detail is still in there. slay 💀✨

and that's a wrap! 🎀 this one comes to you from ./drivers/cpuidle, dated October 2026, and it's the cpuidle_add_device_sysfs(9) page — periodt 💖🌸