snd_device_free(9)

💖 NAME 💖

snd_device_free — release the device from the card. bestie, this is the snd_device_free(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving "cleanup era" ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void snd_device_free (struct snd_card *card , void *device_data );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• card — the card instance. like, the actual card we're doing this on, no cap 💳✨
• device_data — the data pointer to release. that's the pointer getting freed, bestie 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so here's the tea: this removes the device from the list on the card and invokes the callbacks, dev_disconnect and dev_free, corresponding to the state. Then release the device. that's the whole vibe, periodt 💅🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./sound/core/device.c — plus the related pages snd_device_new(9), snd_device_disconnect(9), and snd_device_register(9). go read those too, iykyk 📚💖

source/version: ./sound/core · date: October 2026 · page: snd_device_free(9) — mwah, bye bestie 💜🦋