DEVICE_DELETE_CHILDREN(9)

💅 DEVICE_DELETE_CHILDREN(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel Developer’s Manual page for device_delete_children. it’s giving “clean up the whole child-device situation,” and yes, the manual name is literally DEVICE_DELETE_CHILDREN(9). let’s get into it. ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

device_delete_children — delete all child devices of a given device

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/bus.h>

int
device_delete_children(device_t dev);

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so device_delete_children() is the function that deletes all child devices of the given device dev — if there are any, that is. it does this by using device_delete_child() for each device it finds. like, one by one, bestie. 🫶

and if a child device cannot be deleted? this function will return an error code. no cap. 💅

💖 RETURN VALUES 💖

• Zero is returned on success. slay, we love a clean exit. ✅
• a non-zero return value indicates failure. not the vibe, but at least you know. 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• device_delete_child(9)

👑 AUTHORS 👑

this manual page was written by Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven. iconic. 🎀

source/version: Debian · date: September 28, 2018 · DEVICE_DELETE_CHILDREN(9) — that’s the cute sign-off, bestie 💖✨