device_driver_attach(9)

💅 NAME 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for device_driver_attach(9) — and it does exactly what it says on the tin: it attaches a specific driver to a specific device. iconic behavior, no cap 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int device_driver_attach (const struct device_driver *drv , struct
       device *dev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• drv — the driver you're attaching, bestie 🫶
• dev — the device it's getting attached to ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so you're manually attaching a driver to a device. literally that. it will acquire both the dev lock and the dev->parent lock if needed 🔒✨

returns 0 on success, and -ERR on failure. periodt 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file: ./drivers/base/dd.c 🎀
• driver_deferred_probe_trigger(9)
• device_block_probing(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)
• driver_attach(9)
• device_release_driver(9)
• device_driver_detach(9)
• driver_detach(9)

later bestie 💜 this little page lives under ./drivers/base and is dated October 2026 — stay slaying, okurrr? 🌸✨