pci_iov_remove(9)

🦋 pci_iov_remove 🦋

okay bestie, welcome to the pci_iov_remove(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 💖 this one is short, iconic, and here to clean up after the PF driver dips out. periodt.

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✨ NAME ✨

pci_iov_remove — clean up SR-IOV state after the PF driver is detached. that's the whole vibe: cleanup duty, no cap 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

the signature is giving exactly this, bestie:

void pci_iov_remove (struct pci_dev *dev );

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💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

one argument, and she's important:

• dev — the PCI device. that's it. that's the argument 🫶

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

first up, the kernel file is literally ./drivers/pci/iov.c — yes, that's the source, iykyk 🧚

and here's the whole squad of related pages, all present and accounted for:

• pci_iov_get_pf_drvdata(9)
• pci_iov_init(9)
• pci_iov_release(9)
• pci_iov_update_resource(9)
• pci_sriov_resource_alignment(9)
• pci_restore_iov_state(9)
• pci_vf_drivers_autoprobe(9)
• pci_iov_bus_range(9)
• pci_enable_sriov(9)
• pci_disable_sriov(9)
• pci_num_vf(9)
• pci_vfs_assigned(9)
• pci_sriov_set_totalvfs(9)
• pci_sriov_get_totalvfs(9)
• pci_sriov_configure_simple(9)
• pci_iov_vf_bar_set_size(9)
• pci_iov_vf_bar_get_sizes(9)

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mwah 💋 this page's source/version is ./drivers/pci, dated October 2026, and it's literally the pci_iov_remove(9) manual page. byeee bestie 🫶✨