spmi_controller_remove(9)

💅 spmi_controller_remove(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition

okay so this page is literally from the Kernel API Manual, and it's about yeeting an SPMI controller out of existence. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, we're gonna get through this together.

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✨ NAME ✨

spmi_controller_remove — remove an SPMI controller. that's it. that's the whole vibe. it takes the controller and it's like "bye bestie 👋".

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void spmi_controller_remove (struct spmi_controller *ctrl );

yep, that's the whole signature — void return, one pointer arg, no surprises. copy it exactly, don't be quirky with it 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ctrl — the controller to remove. that's the one getting the goodbye speech. 🫶

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the tea: this function removes a SPMI controller. periodt. 🎯

but listen — the important bit, the part where you gotta pay attention, is that the caller is responsible for calling spmi_controller_put to discard the allocated controller. like, this function does its thing, and then you have to do yours. don't leave that controller just floating around, that's not the move 😭 the put is how the allocated controller actually gets discarded, and that's on you, not on spmi_controller_remove. iykyk.

⚠️ real talk: if you skip the spmi_controller_put, you're the problem. the page says the caller is responsible, and the caller is... you. love that for you 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group shows up here, plus the source file for good measure:

Kernel file ./drivers/spmi/spmi.c:

• spmi_device_add(9)
• spmi_device_remove(9)
• spmi_register_read(9)
• spmi_ext_register_read(9)
• spmi_ext_register_readl(9)
• spmi_register_write(9)
• spmi_register_zero_write(9)
• spmi_ext_register_write(9)
• spmi_ext_register_writel(9)
• spmi_command_reset(9)
• spmi_command_sleep(9)
• spmi_command_wakeup(9)
• spmi_command_shutdown(9)
• spmi_find_device_by_of_node(9)
• spmi_device_alloc(9)
• spmi_controller_alloc(9)
• spmi_controller_add(9)
• __spmi_driver_register(9)

go read them, they're all iconic in their own way 🌈

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🧚 sign-off 🧚

this lil page lives in ./drivers/spmi and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, future girlboss energy. and it's served up fresh from the Kernel API Manual, no cap. mwah 💋✨

slay, go remove that controller (and don't forget the put) 🎀