snd_device_alloc(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, meet snd_device_alloc — straight out of the Kernel API Manual, section 9. Its whole iconic job is to allocate and initialize a struct device for sound devices. That's it, that's the main character energy. 💅✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int snd_device_alloc (struct device **dev_p , struct snd_card *card );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• dev_p — pointer to store the allocated device. 🫶
• card — card to assign, optional. So yeah, it's optional optional. 🎀

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

When you're ready to release the allocated device, call put_device. That's literally the release instruction, periodt. 💖

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./sound/core/init.c is the spot, and here's the whole squad:

• snd_card_new(9)
• snd_devm_card_new(9)
• snd_card_free_on_error(9)
• snd_card_ref(9)
• snd_card_disconnect(9)
• snd_card_disconnect_sync(9)
• snd_card_free_when_closed(9)
• snd_card_free(9)
• snd_card_set_id(9)
• snd_card_add_dev_attr(9)
• snd_card_register(9)
• snd_component_add(9)
• snd_card_file_add(9)
• snd_card_file_remove(9)
• snd_power_ref_and_wait(9)
• snd_power_wait(9)

xoxo bestie 🫶 this page is from ./sound/core, dated October 2026, and it's literally snd_device_alloc(9) 💅🎀