parport_yield_blocking(9)

🦋 parport_yield_blocking(9) — Kernel API Manual energy ✨

okay so bestie, you found a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's called parport_yield_blocking(9) — yes the number is part of the name, that's just how section 9 rolls 💅 buckle up, this one's short and sweet.

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💖 NAME 💖

parport_yield_blocking — relinquish a parallel port temporarily 🎀

like, you're holding the port, and you're gonna hand it over just for a sec. very generous of you, honestly. main character generosity.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int parport_yield_blocking (struct pardevice *dev );

that's it. that's the whole signature. copy it exactly, no cap, the spaces are load-bearing (not really but don't touch them anyway 🙈).

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• dev — a device on the parallel port 🫶 that's the one you're yielding for, iykyk.

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

So here's the vibe: this function relinquishes the port if it would be helpful to other drivers to do so. Not "always" — if it would be helpful. It's doing a little vibe check on the situation first, lowkey polite about it 🧚

Afterwards it tries to reclaim the port using parport_claim_or_block, and — important detail, don't miss it — the return value is the same as for parport_claim_or_block. So like, whatever that function hands back, that's what you get. no extra wrapping, no surprise retranslation. fr fr 📦

also the name says blocking — that's just this function's whole identity, bestie, we're not out here inventing new behaviour 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./include/linux/parport.h 📁
• parport_register_driver(9)
• module_parport_driver(9)
• parport_yield(9) ✨ (the non-blocking cousin, we see you)

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🌈 and that's the whole page, you ate that 💖 mwah 🫶

sign-off time: this lil masterpiece lives under ./include/linux, it's dated October 2026, and it goes by parport_yield_blocking(9) — remember the name, bestie, it's iconic 🎀💅⭐