mdiobus_release(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is mdiobus_release(9) from the Kernel API Manual — literally the mii_bus device release callback, and it's giving “last one out, free the memory” energy. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void mdiobus_release (struct device *d );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• d — the target struct device that contains the mii_bus. That's the one we're working with, periodt. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This function is called when the last reference to an mii_bus is dropped, and its whole vibe is to free the underlying memory. no cap, that's the job. 💖

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus_provider.c, plus these related calls:

• mdio_bus_match(9)
• mdiobus_alloc_size(9)
• mdiobus_scan_c22(9)
• mdiobus_scan_c45(9)
• __mdiobus_register(9)
• mdiobus_free(9)
• mdio_find_bus(9)
• of_mdio_find_bus(9)

signing off from ./drivers/net/phy, October 2026 — mdiobus_release(9) forever 💅