dev_name(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the dev_name(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the manual name is right there, folded in near the top like a true icon. ✨

dev_name — Return a device's name. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

const char * dev_name (const struct device *dev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — Device with name to get. Like, hand over the device whose name you're trying to get, bestie. 🫶

🦋 RETURN 🦋

you get the kobject name of the device, or its initial name if that's unavailable. That's the whole return vibe, no cap. 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so the SEE ALSO section is giving full group-chat roster. It starts with the Kernel file ./include/linux/device.h, and then it literally lists all of these besties, and yes we are keeping every single one:

• struct subsys_interface(9)
• struct device_attribute(9)
• struct dev_ext_attribute(9)
• DEVICE_ATTR(9)
• DEVICE_ATTR_RW(9)
• DEVICE_ATTR_ADMIN_RW(9)
• DEVICE_ATTR_RW_NAMED(9)
• DEVICE_ATTR_RO(9)
• DEVICE_ATTR_ADMIN_RO(9)
• DEVICE_ATTR_RO_NAMED(9)
• DEVICE_ATTR_WO(9)
• DEVICE_ATTR_WO_NAMED(9)
• DEVICE_ULONG_ATTR(9)
• DEVICE_INT_ATTR(9)
• DEVICE_BOOL_ATTR(9)
• DEVICE_STRING_ATTR_RO(9)
• enum device_link_state(9)
• enum dl_dev_state(9)
• enum device_removable(9)
• struct dev_links_info(9)
• struct dev_msi_info(9)
• enum device_physical_location_panel(9)
• enum device_physical_location_vertical_position(9)
• enum device_physical_location_horizontal_position(9)
• struct device_physical_location(9)
• enum struct_device_flags(9)
• struct device(9)
• struct device_link(9)
• device_set_driver_override(9)
• device_has_driver_override(9)
• device_match_driver_override(9)
• device_iommu_mapped(9)
• dev_bus_name(9)
• device_find_child_by_name(9)
• device_find_any_child(9)
• device_lock_set_class(9)
• device_lock_reset_class(9)

kisses and fairy dust, bestie 🧚💜 — this page is sourced from ./include/linux and dated October 2026, so that's the whole footer vibe, periodt. 👑