pci_destroy_slot(9)

💅 pci_destroy_slot(9) — Kernel API Manual 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the glow-up era of pci_destroy_slot(9) — this is the Kernel API Manual page you've been looking for, and honestly? it's short, it's sweet, and it absolutely ate. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

pci_destroy_slot — decrement refcount for physical PCI slot 🫶

like, that's the whole vibe. you're not deleting anything-deleting anything, you're just... letting the refcount know a friend is leaving the party. 💜

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

void pci_destroy_slot (struct pci_slot *slot );

no cap, that's the whole signature. void return, one argument, zero drama. 🔥

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• slot — the struct pci_slot to decrement, i.e. the little guy whose refcount you're about to tick down. that's it. that's the argument. 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the tea: struct pci_slot is refcounted. which means destroying them is really easy — like, suspiciously easy. you literally just call kobject_put on its kobj and then you let the release methods do the rest. 🧚

that's it. that's the whole function. main character energy, minimal lines of code, maximum trust in the release path. the way that it just hands off to kobject_put and vibes? iconic. 👑

🫶 gentle reminder that this only works because the struct is refcounted — you're not freeing it yourself, you're dropping a reference and letting the release methods handle everything else. the lifecycle stays in its lane, you stay in yours.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/pci/slot.c — go read where the magic actually lives 💖
• pci_create_slot(9) — the other half of the story, the "put it into the world" to this one's "let it go" 🦋

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and that's the page!! mwah 💋 — brought to you by the fine folks over in ./drivers/pci, dated October 2026, and this has been pci_destroy_slot(9). slay, stay refcounted, and don't forget to kobject_put. 🌸✨