device_pm_move_before(9)

✨ device_pm_move_before — a Kernel API Manual moment ✨

okay so picture this: it's giving Kernel API Manual, section 9, and we're talking about device_pm_move_before 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

device_pm_move_before — move a device around in the PM core's list of active devices, bestie. that's it. that's the whole vibe check 🦋

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void device_pm_move_before (struct device *deva , struct device *devb );

⭐ ARGUMENTS ⭐

• deva — the device you're yeeting into a new spot in dpm_list. this is the main character of the operation 👑
• devb — the device that deva should come before. like, deva goes ahead of this one, no cap 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

literally the whole friend group, fr fr — go check these out:

• Kernel file ./drivers/base/power/main.c
• pm_hibernate_is_recovering(9)
• device_pm_sleep_init(9)
• device_pm_lock(9)
• device_pm_unlock(9)
• device_pm_add(9)
• device_pm_remove(9)
• device_pm_move_after(9)
• device_pm_move_last(9)
• dpm_wait(9)
• pm_op(9)
• pm_late_early_op(9)
• pm_noirq_op(9)
• dpm_watchdog_handler(9)
• dpm_watchdog_set(9)
• dpm_watchdog_clear(9)
• dev_pm_skip_resume(9)
• device_resume_noirq(9)
• dpm_resume_noirq(9)
• device_resume_early(9)
• dpm_resume_early(9)
• dpm_resume_start(9)
• device_resume(9)
• dpm_resume(9)
• device_complete(9)
• dpm_complete(9)
• dpm_resume_end(9)
• resume_event(9)
• device_suspend_noirq(9)
• dpm_suspend_noirq(9)
• device_suspend_late(9)
• dpm_suspend_late(9)
• dpm_suspend_end(9)
• legacy_suspend(9)
• device_suspend(9)
• dpm_suspend(9)
• device_prepare(9)
• dpm_prepare(9)
• dpm_suspend_start(9)
• device_pm_wait_for_dev(9)
• dpm_for_each_dev(9)

lowkey obsessed with how short this one is. no flags, no defaults, no exit statuses, zero drama — just vibes and a list order 💀

and that's the whole page, bestie! brought to you by ./drivers/base/power, dated October 2026, page device_pm_move_before(9) — slay, go move some devices around 💖✨🎀