STRUCT BINDER_DEVICE(9)

💅 struct binder_device(9)

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about struct binder_device — literally the info about a binder device node. that's it, that's the vibe. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

struct binder_device — information about a binder device node 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct binder_device {
    struct hlist_node hlist;
    struct miscdevice miscdev;
    struct binder_context context;
    struct inode *binderfs_inode;
    refcount_t ref;
 };

like, that's the whole struct, bestie — every field, character for character, no cap. 💅

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👑 Members 👑

okay so here's what each one is giving:

• hlist — list of binder devices ✨
• miscdev — info about a binder character device node 🎀
• context — binder context information 💖
• binderfs_inode — this is the inode of the root dentry of the super block belonging to a binderfs mount. iykyk 🧚

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/android/binder_internal.h, plus the whole friend group:

• struct binder_work(9)
• struct binder_node(9)
• struct binder_ref_data(9)
• struct binder_ref(9)
• struct binder_proc(9)
• struct binder_thread(9)
• struct binder_txn_fd_fixup(9)
• struct binder_object(9)

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fr fr go read binder_internal.h if you want the full main character energy — this page is just the glow-up summary. 🫶

okay that's the page!! mwah 💋 — this one lives in ./drivers/android, dated October 2026, and it's the struct binder_device(9) page, slay, periodt. ⭐🔥