devfreq_dev_release(9)

💅 devfreq_dev_release(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, but make it make sense 🎀

okay so bestie, quick vibe check: this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about one little callback that does the cleanup when a device peaces out. it's short, it's sweet, and it absolutely ate. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

devfreq_dev_release — bestie, this is the Callback for struct device to release the device. that's it, that's the whole job 🫶

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

void devfreq_dev_release (struct device *dev );

like, look at her. void return, one argument, zero drama 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the devfreq device itself. that's the one we're cleaning up after, no cap 💖

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what does she actually do? two things, and she does them flawlessly:

• Remove devfreq from the list — she's taking herself off the roster, main character exit energy 💀
• release its resources — everything she was holding onto? given back. tidy. iconic. periodt 🌈

that's literally the whole description, and honestly? she doesn't need to explain herself further ✨

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

bestie, buckle up, because this list is long and every single one of these is a real one. no skipping, iykyk:

• Kernel file ./drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
• find_device_devfreq(9)
• devfreq_get_freq_range(9)
• devfreq_get_freq_level(9)
• devfreq_update_status(9)
• find_devfreq_governor(9)
• try_then_request_governor(9)
• devfreq_update_target(9)
• update_devfreq(9)
• devfreq_monitor(9)
• devfreq_monitor_start(9)
• devfreq_monitor_stop(9)
• devfreq_monitor_suspend(9)
• devfreq_monitor_resume(9)
• devfreq_update_interval(9)
• devfreq_notifier_call(9)
• qos_notifier_call(9)
• qos_min_notifier_call(9)
• qos_max_notifier_call(9)
• devfreq_add_device(9)
• devfreq_remove_device(9)
• devm_devfreq_add_device(9)
• devm_devfreq_remove_device(9)
• devfreq_suspend_device(9)
• devfreq_resume_device(9)
• devfreq_suspend(9)
• devfreq_resume(9)
• devfreq_add_governor(9)
• devm_devfreq_add_governor(9)
• devfreq_remove_governor(9)
• devfreq_summary_show(9)
• devfreq_recommended_opp(9)
• devfreq_register_opp_notifier(9)
• devfreq_unregister_opp_notifier(9)
• devm_devfreq_register_opp_notifier(9)
• devm_devfreq_unregister_opp_notifier(9)
• devfreq_register_notifier(9)
• devm_devfreq_register_notifier(9)
• devm_devfreq_unregister_notifier(9)

like i said. long. but we read the whole thing because we're thorough and we slay 💅

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also hi, quick note from the source: this page lives under <hotpink>./drivers/devfreq`, and it's dated October 2026, with the manual name devfreq_dev_release(9). mwah, that's the whole footer, love u, bye 💖🎀🦋