dvb_generic_release(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 dvb_generic_release(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 🎀 — this is the page for dvb_generic_release, and it's literally the Digital TV close function that DVB devices use. no cap, that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

dvb_generic_release — Digital TV close function, used by DVB devices 💖

so like, when a DVB device gets closed, this is the function doing the goodbye round 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int dvb_generic_release (struct inode *inode , struct file *file );

it returns an int, bestie. that's the tea ☕

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • inode — pointer to struct inode. yep, that one 👑
  • file — pointer to struct file. also that one 💅

like yes, they're both just pointers to their respective structs, no notes, iconic behaviour 🌈

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so what does it actually do? it checks if a DVB devnode is still valid 👀, and it checks if the permissions are OK ✅, and then it decrements the negative use count 📉.

that's it. that's the whole function. short king energy, fr fr 🔥

ngl this one's a small one — but every close needs its closer, and this is hers 💖

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the Kernel file ./include/media/dvbdev.h and friends, all of these absolute icons 👑:

iykyk 💅

aaaand that's the page!! made its home in ./include/media, stamped October 2026, and its whole name is dvb_generic_release(9) — go off, close function, you ate 🍓🧚💜

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