device_block_probing(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to device_block_probing(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💅 this is the page for Block/defer device's probes ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void device_block_probing (void );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

void        no arguments

yep, that’s the whole argument list: no arguments 🫶 not a single thing to pass in, fr fr.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

When you call it, it will disable probing of devices and defer their probes instead. Periodt 💖 it’s giving “pause the probe vibes, we’ll circle back” and honestly? iconic.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/base/dd.c is doing its main-character thing here, and the whole squad is:

• driver_deferred_probe_trigger(9)
• device_unblock_probing(9)
• device_set_deferred_probe_reason(9)
• driver_deferred_probe_check_state(9)
• deferred_probe_initcall(9)
• device_is_bound(9)
• device_bind_driver(9)
• driver_probe_done(9)
• wait_for_device_probe(9)
• driver_probe_device(9)
• device_attach(9)
• device_driver_attach(9)
• driver_attach(9)
• device_release_driver(9)
• device_driver_detach(9)
• driver_detach(9)

mwah 💋 this was device_block_probing(9) from the Kernel API Manual, sourced from ./drivers/base, dated October 2026 🎀✨