devices_kset_move_before(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 devices_kset_move_before(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

okay so listen. this is a tiny little kernel function from the Kernel API Manual and honestly it's giving "small but mighty" 💖 it lives in the devices kset — the list that holds all your struct device buddies — and it just… moves one of them. that's it. that's the whole vibe. ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

devices_kset_move_before — move a device in the devices_kset's list. literally just a reorder, no cap 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

it returns void, so don't go looking for a return value, she's not giving you one 🙈

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • deva — the device you're moving. the main character of this operation 👑
  • devb — the device that deva should come before. so like, deva slots in right ahead of devb. ordering is the whole point, iykyk

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

okay this is the part where the manpage dumps literally everyone in the group chat, and we're not skipping a single one. no crumbs left behind 🍓 these all hang out in the kernel file ./drivers/base/core.c:

like… that's the whole roster. and every single one of them is a real function, fr fr 💀

heads up bestie: this page comes from the ./drivers/base section, dated October 2026, and it's filed under devices_kset_move_before(9). that's your source and your version, so if you gotta cite her, cite her correctly 🫶

and that's the whole page, periodt. go move some devices around 💅🌈⭐

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