rproc_free(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ rproc_free(9) ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this page is literally the cleanup arc of the remoteproc saga 💅 it's short, it's sweet, and it ate. let's get into it 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

rproc_free — the un-roll of rproc_alloc(), no cap 🫶

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

void rproc_free (struct rproc *rproc );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • rproc — the remote processor handle 💖 like, the actual struct rproc * bestie is handing over. this is the main character of the function, periodt.

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

okay so here's the tea ☕ this function decrements the rproc dev refcount. that's the whole vibe. one step down on the counter, that's it, that's the job.

and then — if no one holds any reference to rproc anymore — its refcount would now drop to zero, and it would be freed. 🫧✨ so if you were the last one holding on, congrats, you just yeeted it into the void. iconic behavior honestly. but like... only if nobody else is holding a reference, iykyk 👀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

everything in the Kernel file ./drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c — and like, the whole friend group fr fr 🫶 go read these next, bestie:

lowkey a reminder bestie: this frees stuff. like, actually frees it. if refcounts are messy the vibe check will NOT be passing 💀 so keep your references tidy, mwah 😘

🌸 mwah, that's the page! brought to you straight outta ./drivers/remoteproc, dated October 2026 — catch you on the next manpage, bestie, ily, bye!! 💜🎀✨

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