of_device_alloc(9)

💅 of_device_alloc(9) 💅

okay so we’re in the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and this page is all about of_device_alloc. The vibe? Allocate and initialize an of_device. iconic behavior, honestly. let’s get into it, bestie 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

of_device_alloc — allocate and initialize an of_device. no cap, that’s the whole name moment. 💖

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

here’s the signature, copied exactly because we do not play around with code:

struct platform_device * of_device_alloc (struct device_node *np , const char *bus_id , struct device *parent );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• np — the device node to assign to the device. this is the node, bestie.
• bus_id — the name to assign to the device. it may be null to use the default name. slay.
• parent — the parent device. periodt. 🦋

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file is ./drivers/of/platform.c, and these are the related references — all names kept exactly, iykyk:

• of_find_device_by_node(9)
• of_platform_device_create_pdata(9)
• of_platform_device_create(9)
• of_platform_bus_create(9)
• of_platform_bus_probe(9)
• of_platform_populate(9)
• of_platform_depopulate(9)
• devm_of_platform_populate(9)
• devm_of_platform_depopulate(9)

mwah 💋 this page lives under ./drivers/of, it’s stamped October 2026, and it answers to of_device_alloc(9). slay forever ✨👑