mux_release_port(9)

💅 mux_release_port(9) 💅

okay so welcome to the mux_release_port(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie. This is the cleanup-era icon we're talking about, and yes, she is here to release things. Let's get into it. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

mux_release_port — release memory and IO regions. That's the whole assignment, no cap.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void mux_release_port (struct uart_port *port );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• port — Ptr to the uart_port. That's the one she's working with. 💖

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Release any memory and IO region resources currently in use by the port.

Like, that's it. That's the job. The port has been holding onto memory and IO region resources, and this function releases them. Cleanup queen behavior, honestly. ✨

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/tty/serial/mux.c is the source-file bestie to check, and the whole iconic friend group is get_mux_port_count(9), mux_tx_empty(9), mux_set_mctrl(9), mux_get_mctrl(9), mux_stop_tx(9), mux_start_tx(9), mux_stop_rx(9), mux_break_ctl(9), mux_write(9), mux_read(9), mux_startup(9), mux_shutdown(9), mux_set_termios(9), mux_type(9), mux_request_port(9), mux_config_port(9), mux_verify_port(9), mux_poll(9), mux_probe(9), mux_init(9), and mux_exit(9). Go read the source, iykyk. 💜

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signing off from ./drivers/tty/serial, October 2026 — mwah, bestie, stay slaying those kernel pages. 🎀✨🦋