input_close_device(9)

💖 input_close_device(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the input_close_device(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 🌸 this is the little “we’re done here” moment for input device event streams, and yes, it’s giving very specific kernel energy 💅

✨ NAME ✨

input_close_device — close input device 🎀

🫶 SYNOPSIS 🫶

void input_close_device (struct input_handle *handle );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• handle — the handle through which device is being accessed 🦋 that’s your little access pass, bestie.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here’s the tea ☕ this function should be called by input handlers when they want to stop receive events from the given input device 💖 that’s literally the whole vibe: input handler is done getting events, so it calls this and says “we’re closed” 🫶

no cap, keep the meaning: this is the function input handlers should call when they want to stop receive events from the given input device 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/input/input.c, plus the whole iconic friend group of related pages 🌈:

• input_event(9)
• input_inject_event(9)
• input_alloc_absinfo(9)
• input_copy_abs(9)
• input_grab_device(9)
• input_release_device(9)
• input_open_device(9)
• input_scancode_to_scalar(9)
• input_default_setkeycode(9)
• input_get_keycode(9)
• input_set_keycode(9)
• input_reset_device(9)
• input_allocate_device(9)
• devm_input_allocate_device(9)
• input_free_device(9)
• input_set_timestamp(9)
• input_get_timestamp(9)
• input_set_capability(9)
• input_enable_softrepeat(9)
• input_register_device(9)
• input_unregister_device(9)
• input_register_handler(9)
• input_unregister_handler(9)
• input_handler_for_each_handle(9)
• input_register_handle(9)
• input_unregister_handle(9)
• input_get_new_minor(9)
• input_free_minor(9)

mwah 💋 this page lives under ./drivers/input, it’s dated October 2026, and it’s literally input_close_device(9) — periodt 🫶✨