fwnode_handle_put(9)

💅 fwnode_handle_put 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one is literally about dropping a reference to a device node, and it is short but important, no cap 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

fwnode_handle_put — drop reference to a device node 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void fwnode_handle_put (struct fwnode_handle *fwnode );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• fwnode — pointer to the device node you are dropping the reference to, bestie 🫶

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so this one has to be used when you're terminating device_for_each_child_node iteration with break or return — the whole point is to prevent stale device node references from being left behind 😭💅 periodt.

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• Kernel file ./include/linux/property.h
• device_is_big_endian(9)
• device_is_compatible(9)
• struct software_node_ref_args(9)
• struct property_entry(9)
• struct software_node(9)

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and that's the vibe, bestie 🌈 this page lives in ./include/linux, it's dated October 2026, and it's literally fwnode_handle_put(9) — mwah 💋🫶