i3cdev_to_dev(9)

💅 i3cdev_to_dev(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition 🎀

Okay so welcome to i3cdev_to_dev(9), literally the glow-up page for one tiny function that hands you the struct device hiding inside your I3C device. She's short, she's sweet, she's iconic. Let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

i3cdev_to_dev — returns the device embedded in @i3cdev. That's it. That's the whole job. No cap, she does one thing and she does it slayfully 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct device * i3cdev_to_dev (struct i3c_device *i3cdev );

Look at her. One argument, one pointer out. Main character energy fr fr 🦋

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• i3cdev — an I3C device. Yep, that's the one you're feeding in. Give her your struct i3c_device * and she'll do the rest 🫶

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

a pointer to a device object. That's the struct device *, bestie — the embedded device that lives inside your i3cdev. Take it, use it, love it 💖

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Sibling functions, the whole friend group, all of them linked from the kernel file ./drivers/i3c/device.c:

• i3c_device_do_xfers(9)
• i3c_device_do_setdasa(9)
• i3c_device_get_info(9)
• i3c_device_disable_ibi(9)
• i3c_device_enable_ibi(9)
• i3c_device_request_ibi(9)
• i3c_device_free_ibi(9)
• i3c_device_match_id(9)
• i3c_device_get_supported_xfer_mode(9)
• i3c_driver_register_with_owner(9)
• i3c_driver_unregister(9)

iykyk 👑 go read them, they're all serving 💜

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lowkey a heads-up: every single one of those (9) references is exactly as written, so don't go renaming anything, bestie 😭

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And that's a wrap, bestie! 🍓 This lil' page lives in ./drivers/i3c, and it's dated October 2026 — so when you see that timestamp, you know exactly which era of the kernel manual you're reading. Periodt. 💀✨