rproc_type_release(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 rproc_type_release — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🎀

okay so real talk, this page is in the kernel API manual (section 9), and it's about one very specific little function. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

rproc_type_release — release a remote processor instance 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void rproc_type_release (struct device *dev );

that's it. that's the whole signature. no cap 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • dev — the rproc's device. yeah. that's the one. the device belonging to the rproc, she's the main character here 👑

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so this is the important part and I need you to listen:

This function should _never_ be called directly. 💀

like, never never. not "maybe if you're feeling spicy" never. never. put it down. back away slowly. 🙈

so who does call it? the driver core, that's who — it will be called by the driver core when no one holds a valid pointer to dev anymore. so it's basically the cleanup fairy 🧚 that shows up once everybody's let go of the pointer, and then the release happens. it's giving "you don't call the release, the release calls you" energy, iykyk ✨

short version: you don't invoke her, she just gets invoked. periodt 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

kernel file ./drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c, plus the whole friend group (and yes I mean the whole friend group, every single one, no skipping):

and that's the page!! 🫶 this one lives under ./drivers/remoteproc, and the manual's dated October 2026 — so yeah, future vibes 🔥 slay, go read the other rproc_* pages, ily, bye 🦋💜

📦 where this page comes from