device_pm_unlock(9)

💅 device_pm_unlock(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay bestie so you found yourself a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally device_pm_unlock(9), the little function with main character energy and, like, zero responsibilities. let's get into it 💖

✨ NAME ✨

device_pm_unlock — unlocks the list of active devices that the PM core is using. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it's giving "counterpart to the lock function" and honestly? iconic 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void device_pm_unlock (void );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• void — no arguments. not a single one. zero. she takes nothing and she gives nothing back, because she's void. no cap, your hands are completely free for this one 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, fr fr — no gatekeeping here, bestie:

• pm_hibernate_is_recovering(9), device_pm_sleep_init(9), device_pm_lock(9), device_pm_add(9), device_pm_remove(9), device_pm_move_before(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)

also don't forget the actual kernel file it lives in: ./drivers/base/power/main.c — that's the address, bestie, write it down 📝

kay that's the whole page, short and sweet like a good group chat message 💜 if you ever need her, she's in ./drivers/base/power, and this lil manual was stamped October 2026 — slay, go forth and unlock responsibly 🧚‍♀️✨🫶