tty_ldisc_deref(9)

💅 tty_ldisc_deref — kernel API manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so this is tty_ldisc_deref from the kernel API manual, and honestly? she's a short one but she's important, so pay attention 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

tty_ldisc_deref — free a tty ldisc reference 💖

like, you borrowed a reference, now give it back. be a good citizen. return what you borrowed, periodt.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void tty_ldisc_deref (struct tty_ldisc *ld );

that's it. that's the whole signature. no cap, she's tiny 🎀

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ld — the reference you're freeing up 🫶 hand it over, bestie.

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the vibe: this function undoes the effect of tty_ldisc_ref or tty_ldisc_ref_wait 💅 like, you know how those two hand you a reference? yeah, this is the one that hands it back. it's giving balance. it's giving cleanup era. 🌈

and the iconic part? it may be called in IRQ context ⚡ literally no sleeping required, she's built different. interrupt-safe queen 👑

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

kernel file ./drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c — that's where the magic lives, iykyk 🧚

• tty_register_ldisc(9)
• tty_unregister_ldisc(9)
• tty_ldisc_get(9)
• tty_ldisc_put(9)
• tty_ldisc_ref_wait(9)
• tty_ldisc_ref(9)
• tty_ldisc_flush(9)
• tty_set_termios_ldisc(9)
• tty_ldisc_open(9)
• tty_ldisc_close(9)
• tty_ldisc_failto(9)
• tty_ldisc_restore(9)
• tty_set_ldisc(9)
• tty_ldisc_kill(9)
• tty_reset_termios(9)
• tty_ldisc_reinit(9)
• tty_ldisc_hangup(9)
• tty_ldisc_setup(9)
• tty_ldisc_release(9)
• tty_ldisc_init(9)
• tty_ldisc_deinit(9)

like, that's the whole ldisc friend group 💀 go read them, they're all slaying in their own way ⭐

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ok final note bestie: this page lives in ./drivers/tty, dated October 2026, and it's filed under tty_ldisc_deref(9) 🎀 mwah, go free those references responsibly 💖🦋✨