telem_device_free(9)

💅 telem_device_free(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay bestie, welcome to telem_device_free(9), brought to you by the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's short but she's important, so pay attention 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

telem_device_free — the callback that frees the telem_device_data structure. literally her whole job 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void telem_device_free (struct device *d );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• d — the device that's embedded in our device data, i.e. the one we've been ref counting this whole time 👑 no cap, it's been on the books.

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the vibe: once all the open file descriptors are closed and the device has been removed, the refcount of the device will fall to 0 — and that's when this gets called 🎯

like, the universe waits until everything's actually done, and then telem_device_free gets its main character moment. periodt 💜

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/platform/chrome/wilco_ec/telemetry.c
• struct wilco_ec_telem_request(9)
• check_telem_request(9)
• struct telem_device_data(9)
• struct telem_session_data(9)
• telem_open(9)
• telem_device_probe(9)

go read those too, iykyk 👀

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okay that's the whole page, you ate that 🍓 real talk: this is telem_device_free(9) from ./drivers/platform/chrome/wilc..., dated October 2026 — and the manual footer says telem_device_free(9) one more time just to be iconic 🌈 mwah, bye bestie 💖🧚