dvb_remove_device(9)

💖 dvb_remove_device(9) 💖

okay so bestie, this page is straight from the Kernel API Manual ✨ — and it’s giving “tiny but important cleanup-adjacent function” energy. No cap.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

dvb_remove_device — Remove a registered DVB device 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void dvb_remove_device (struct dvb_device *dvbdev );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dvbdev — pointer to struct dvb_device 🫶

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so real talk: dvb_remove_device removes a registered DVB device, but it does not free memory. 😭

That cleanup moment belongs to dvb_free_device, which will do that when the reference counter is empty. periodt. 💀

bestie, do not expect this function to free stuff for you — it literally says it doesn’t. dvb_free_device handles that when the reference counter is empty. 🫶

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./include/media/dvbdev.h

• enum dvb_device_type(9)
• struct dvb_adapter(9)
• struct dvb_device(9)
• struct dvbdevfops_node(9)
• dvb_device_get(9)
• dvb_device_put(9)
• dvb_register_adapter(9)
• dvb_unregister_adapter(9)
• dvb_register_device(9)
• dvb_unregister_device(9)
• dvb_create_media_graph(9)
• dvb_register_media_controller(9)
• dvb_get_media_controller(9)
• dvb_generic_open(9)
• dvb_generic_release(9)
• dvb_generic_ioctl(9)
• dvb_usercopy(9)
• dvb_module_probe(9)
• dvb_module_release(9)
• dvb_attach(9)
• dvb_detach(9)

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okay bye bestie, this page is from ./include/media and dated October 2026 💜✨