transport_destroy_device(9)

💖 transport_destroy_device(9) 💖

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for transport_destroy_device(9), and it is lowkey essential if you're messing with transport class devices, bestie. let's get into it 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

transport_destroy_device - destroy a removed device. that's the whole vibe.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature goes a lil something like this:

void transport_destroy_device (struct device *dev );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the device to eliminate from the transport class. say bye 👋

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this call triggers the elimination of storage associated with the transport classdev. yes, that's the moment.

Note: all it really does is relinquish a reference to the classdev. the memory will not be freed until the last reference goes to zero. no cap.

Note also: the classdev retains a reference count on dev, so dev too will remain for as long as the transport class device remains around. it's giving reference-count realness 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file: ./drivers/base/transport_class.c

and these icons too, obviously:

• transport_class_register(9)
• transport_class_unregister(9)
• anon_transport_class_register(9)
• anon_transport_class_unregister(9)
• transport_setup_device(9)
• transport_add_device(9)
• transport_configure_device(9)
• transport_remove_device(9)

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mwah 💋 this page lives in ./drivers/base, it's dated October 2026, and it's transport_destroy_device(9) — byeee bestie 🫶✨