pinctrl_release(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is pinctrl_release(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and the name is literally doing the most: pinctrl_release — release the pinctrl handle 🫶✨ periodt.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the signature is exactly this, no cap:

void pinctrl_release (struct kref *kref );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• kref — the kref in the pinctrl being released 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

bestie, the kernel file is ./drivers/pinctrl/core.c, and the whole reference squad is right here — every single one, no skips, fr fr 👑

• pinctrl_provide_dummies(9) ✨
• get_pinctrl_dev_from_devname(9) ✨
• pin_get_from_name(9) ✨
• pin_get_name(9) ✨
• gpio_to_pin(9) ✨
• pinctrl_match_gpio_range(9) ✨
• pinctrl_ready_for_gpio_range(9) ✨
• pinctrl_get_device_gpio_range(9) ✨
• pinctrl_add_gpio_range(9) ✨
• pinctrl_find_gpio_range_from_pin(9) ✨
• pinctrl_remove_gpio_range(9) ✨
• pinctrl_generic_get_group_count(9) ✨
• pinctrl_generic_get_group_name(9) ✨
• pinctrl_generic_get_group_pins(9) ✨
• pinctrl_generic_get_group(9) ✨
• pinctrl_generic_add_group(9) ✨
• pinctrl_generic_remove_group(9) ✨
• pinctrl_generic_free_groups(9) ✨
• pinctrl_get_group_selector(9) ✨
• pinctrl_gpio_request(9) ✨
• pinctrl_gpio_free(9) ✨
• pinctrl_gpio_direction_input(9) ✨
• pinctrl_gpio_direction_output(9) ✨
• pinctrl_gpio_set_config(9) ✨
• pinctrl_gpio_get_config(9) ✨
• pinctrl_get(9) ✨
• pinctrl_put(9) ✨
• pinctrl_lookup_state(9) ✨
• pinctrl_commit_state(9) ✨
• pinctrl_select_state(9) ✨
• devm_pinctrl_get(9) ✨
• devm_pinctrl_put(9) ✨
• pinctrl_register_mappings(9) ✨
• pinctrl_unregister_mappings(9) ✨
• devm_pinctrl_register_mappings(9) ✨
• pinctrl_force_sleep(9) ✨
• pinctrl_force_default(9) ✨
• pinctrl_init_done(9) ✨
• pinctrl_select_default_state(9) ✨
• pinctrl_pm_select_default_state(9) ✨
• pinctrl_pm_select_init_state(9) ✨
• pinctrl_pm_select_sleep_state(9) ✨
• pinctrl_pm_select_idle_state(9) ✨
• pinctrl_init_controller(9) ✨
• pinctrl_register(9) ✨
• pinctrl_register_and_init(9) ✨
• pinctrl_unregister(9) ✨
• devm_pinctrl_register(9) ✨
• devm_pinctrl_register_and_init(9) ✨

signed off from ./drivers/pinctrl, dated October 2026, and this page is pinctrl_release(9) — mwah, slay 🎀💖