onboard_dev_destroy_pdevs(9)

💅 onboard_dev_destroy_pdevs(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🎀

okay so picture this: you're deep in the kernel, in the Kernel API Manual section, and you've got some onboard platform devices that need to go bye-bye. that's literally this whole function. it's giving cleanup era ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

onboard_dev_destroy_pdevs — frees the resources of onboard platform devices 🧹💖

like yes, that's the job. it destroys, it frees, it slays.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void onboard_dev_destroy_pdevs (struct list_head *pdev_list );

no return value, no drama, just vibes and void 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• pdev_list — the list of onboard platform devices 💫 this is the list you're about to hand over to the destroyer (affectionate)

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so what it actually does, no cap:

it destroys the platform devices in the given list, and it frees the memory associated with the list entry. that's it. that's the whole thing. clean, iconic, periodt 💅

bestie this is the cleanup function — the list and its entries are getting destroyed and the memory is getting freed, so don't come back later expecting them to still be there 🙈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/usb/misc/onboard_usb_dev_pdevs.c — the source, go read it, iykyk 📖
• onboard_dev_create_pdevs(9) — the main character counterpart that makes the pdevs in the first place 🌈 (create then destroy, the circle of life fr fr)

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and that's the page, babe 🍓 this lil gem lives over in ./drivers/usb/misc, dated October 2026 — so go forth, destroy those pdevs responsibly, and remember: every create deserves its destroy 💜⭐