lwmi_debugfs_create_dir(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is lwmi_debugfs_create_dir(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the helper function for creating a debugfs directory for a device 🎀✨. That's the whole vibe: you got a device, you want a debugfs dir for it, this function is your girl.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct dentry * lwmi_debugfs_create_dir (struct wmi_device *wdev );

Exact signature, no cap.

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• wdev — pointer to the WMI device to be called 👑. That's the device you're handing over.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So here's the important part, bestie: the caller must remove the directory with debugfs_remove_recursive on device removal 😭. Like, don't just create it and ghost it — cleanup is mandatory, fr fr. This function makes the directory, but you own the teardown.

not me reminding you that debugfs_remove_recursive is the required cleanup on device removal 💀 please don't skip it.

🔥 RETURN 🔥

It returns a pointer to the created directory 🫶✨. That's it — pointer to the directory it just made.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-helpers.c 📁
• lwmi_dev_evaluate_int(9)
• lwmi_tm_register_notifier(9)
• lwmi_tm_unregister_notifier(9)
• devm_lwmi_tm_unregister_notifier(9)
• devm_lwmi_tm_register_notifier(9)
• lwmi_tm_notifier_call(9)

kisses, this iconic page comes from source ./drivers/platform/x86/lenovo, dated October 2026, and it's serving lwmi_debugfs_create_dir(9) energy 💖🎀💅