STRUCT DEV_LINKS_INFO(9)

💅 struct dev_links_info(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's all about struct dev_links_info — literally the device data related to device links 🫶 like, this lil struct is where a device keeps its receipts about who it depends on and who depends on it. no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the whole vibe, character for character, don't touch:

struct dev_links_info {
    struct list_head suppliers;
    struct list_head consumers;
    struct list_head defer_sync;
    enum dl_dev_state status;
 };

🎀 Members 🎀

• suppliers — the list of links pointing at supplier devices 💖 i.e. the devices this one gets stuff from. your upstream besties, fr fr.
• consumers — the list of links to consumer devices 🌸 the other direction: the devices that lean on this one. main character energy, honestly.
• defer_sync — a hook into the global list of devices that have deferred sync_state ⭐ it's giving "waitlist for later", iykyk.
• status — driver status information 👑 yes that's the whole description, she's concise and she knows it.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./include/linux/device.h — and like, a whole friend group of related pages:

• struct subsys_interface(9)
• struct device_attribute(9)
• struct dev_ext_attribute(9)
• DEVICE_ATTR(9)
• DEVICE_ATTR_RW(9)
• DEVICE_ATTR_ADMIN_RW(9)
• DEVICE_ATTR_RW_NAMED(9)
• DEVICE_ATTR_RO(9)
• DEVICE_ATTR_ADMIN_RO(9)
• DEVICE_ATTR_RO_NAMED(9)
• DEVICE_ATTR_WO(9)
• DEVICE_ATTR_WO_NAMED(9)
• DEVICE_ULONG_ATTR(9)
• DEVICE_INT_ATTR(9)
• DEVICE_BOOL_ATTR(9)
• DEVICE_STRING_ATTR_RO(9)
• enum device_link_state(9)
• enum dl_dev_state(9)
• enum device_removable(9)
• struct dev_msi_info(9)
• enum device_physical_location_panel(9)
• enum device_physical_location_vertical_position(9)
• enum device_physical_location_horizontal_position(9)
• struct device_physical_location(9)
• enum struct_device_flags(9)
• struct device(9)
• struct device_link(9)
• device_set_driver_override(9)
• device_has_driver_override(9)
• device_match_driver_override(9)
• device_iommu_mapped(9)
• dev_name(9)
• dev_bus_name(9)
• device_find_child_by_name(9)
• device_find_any_child(9)
• device_lock_set_class(9)
• device_lock_reset_class(9)

like I said. the whole group chat 😭💀

and that's a wrap, bestie! 🧚💜 this page lives in ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it's filed under struct dev_links_info(9) — slay, go read the source, mwah 🎀🔥