devres_release_group(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 devres_release_group(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes that's the manual we're in, and yes you're about to become a devres group release girlie. let's go 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

devres_release_group — release resources in a devres group. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int devres_release_group (struct device *dev , void *id );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • dev — the device you're releasing the group for. your main character device, basically 👑
  • id — the ID of the target group. and good news: it can be NULL 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the tea: this bad boy releases all the resources in the group identified by id. iconic behaviour, no notes.

if id is NULL? no stress — the latest open group gets selected instead. it's giving "most recent one, obviously" 💅

and the selected group? it gets removed. and not just it — the groups properly nested inside the selected group get removed too. the whole squad goes down together, fr fr. 🔥

⭐ RETURN ⭐

it returns the number of released non-group resources. that's the number, bestie — count 'em 🧮✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group lives in the kernel file ./drivers/base/devres.c, and honestly you should meet all of them:

like, the entire devres cinematic universe. iykyk 👑

mwah 💋 that's the page! brought to you by ./drivers/base and dated October 2026 — stan the kernel, stay hydrated, and remember: that group is not gonna release itself. periodt. 💜🧚‍♀️🍓

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