nbcon_device_release(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 nbcon_device_release(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so this page lives in the Kernel API Manual (section 9, the kernel-functions girlies) and it's all about nbcon_device_release. yes that's the whole vibe. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

nbcon_device_release — the function that exits the unsafe section and releases the nbcon console. it's giving "clean up your mess before you leave the group chat" energy 🧹💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void nbcon_device_release (struct console *con );

that's it. that's the whole signature. returns void, so like… no return value to obsess over, she just does her thing and dips 💅

⭐ ARGUMENTS ⭐

  • con — the nbcon console that you already grabbed in nbcon_device_try_acquire. like, the same one. you can't just release some random console you never acquired, that's not the move bestie 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay this is the part where she tags everyone in the group chat. the kernel file itself is ./kernel/printk/nbcon.c, and then the whole squad:

forty-four (44) cross-references, count 'em. she's connected, she knows everyone, main character energy for real 👑✨

tiny reminder 🫶 — the con you pass in has to be the nbcon console you got from nbcon_device_try_acquire. that's the pairing. the matching set. the his-and-his towels, if you will 🎀

and that's the whole page, no cap 💜 — this one came out of the kernel docs tree at ./kernel/printk, dated October 2026, and the manual name is nbcon_device_release(9), so you literally cannot forget it. mwah, go release your console responsibly 🌈💖

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