edac_device_alloc_index(9)

💅 edac_device_alloc_index 💅

okay bestie, so this one's from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the kernel has a whole API manual and it's lowkey iconic. this page is about edac_device_alloc_index, and honestly the name is giving exactly what it is: it hands you a fresh, unique device index number. no drama, no arguments, just vibes and a number ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

edac_device_alloc_index — allocate a unique device index number 💫

like, it goes and gets you a device index that nobody else has. unique. one of a kind. main character index energy 👑

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int edac_device_alloc_index (void );

that's it. that's the whole call. returning an int, taking absolutely nothing 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• void — no arguments. nada. zero. the function said "i need nothing from you" and honestly? respect 🙈

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

it returns the allocated index number 🔥 that's the whole gift. the allocated index. slay.

no cap, that's literally all it gives back — the allocated index number. don't go looking for error codes that aren't listed here 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

peep these, they're all in the kernel file ./drivers/edac/edac_device.h — go say hi 💖

• edac_device_add_device(9)
• edac_device_del_device(9)
• edac_device_handle_ce_count(9)
• edac_device_handle_ue_count(9)
• edac_device_handle_ce(9)
• edac_device_handle_ue(9)

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so yeah, that's the whole page 🧚 short, sweet, and to the point — which is rare for a manpage ngl.

source sitch: ./drivers/edac · dated October 2026 · and the header? edac_device_alloc_index(9) obviously, we been knew 💅

mwah, go allocate something unique bestie 🍓💜