devm_hwmon_sanitize_name(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to devm_hwmon_sanitize_name(9) — straight outta the Kernel API Manual ✨ This one is literally the resource-managed twin of hwmon_sanitize_name() 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

char * devm_hwmon_sanitize_name (struct device *dev , const char *name
       );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• dev — the device you're allocating memory for, bestie 🎀
• name — a NUL-terminated name 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

It allocates a shiny new string, and any invalid characters get swapped out for an underscore (_) 🌸

You get the newly allocated name back, or ERR_PTR if there's an error 😭 no cap.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• the kernel file ./drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c 👀
• hwmon_device_register_with_groups(9)
• hwmon_device_register_with_info(9)
• hwmon_device_register_for_thermal(9)
• hwmon_device_register(9)
• hwmon_device_unregister(9)
• devm_hwmon_device_register_with_groups(9)
• devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info(9)
• hwmon_sanitize_name(9)

okay bye bestie 🫶 — source/version spot: ./drivers/hwmon; date: October 2026; manual: devm_hwmon_sanitize_name(9). mwah 💋