input_allocate_device(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 input_allocate_device — the manual page (Kernel API Manual, sec. 9) 🎀

okay bestie, so you're in the market for a shiny new input device, and this is literally the first step. it's from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and the function is input_allocate_device. slay. let's get into it ✨

✨ NAME ✨

input_allocate_device — allocate memory for a new input device 🧚

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct input_dev * input_allocate_device (void );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • void — no arguments, bestie. nothing. zero. she takes nothing and gives you a struct input_dev (or NULL, we'll get there). 🫶

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

she returns a prepared struct input_dev for you, or NULL. that's the whole vibe check. no cap, that's it — either you get your cute prepped struct, or you get NULL and you should probably check why 😭💀

💅 NOTE 💅

listen up, this is the part where people mess up so pay attention bestie 👑

  • use input_free_device to free devices that have not been registered ✨
  • input_unregister_device should be used for devices that are already registered 🔥
like, don't mix those two up. the wrong one is giving chaos energy and we don't want that 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

all the besties in the family, plus where she lives:

that's the whole page, bestie — go forth and allocate responsibly 💅✨

mwah 💋 this one's brought to you by the ./drivers/input girlies, dated October 2026, and it's input_allocate_device(9) — catch you in the next manpage, ily 🫶🎀

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