video_device_release(9)

💖 video_device_release(9) 💖

ok so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the kernel has manpages too, we're literally so back 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

video_device_release — the little helper function that releases a &struct video_device 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void video_device_release (struct video_device *vdev );

that's it. one function. no drama. 💅

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• vdev — pointer to struct video_device, aka the vibe you're letting go of 🫶

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

bestie it does exactly what it says on the tin: it releases the thing. and listen — it can also be used for video_device->release. like, that's the whole personality. iconic of it honestly 👑

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

ok this is the part where the page goes absolutely feral, so buckle up 🧚 the whole friend group shows up:

• Kernel file ./include/media/v4l2-dev.h
• enum vfl_devnode_type(9)
• enum vfl_devnode_direction(9)
• enum v4l2_video_device_flags(9)
• struct v4l2_prio_state(9)
• v4l2_prio_init(9)
• v4l2_prio_change(9)
• v4l2_prio_open(9)
• v4l2_prio_close(9)
• v4l2_prio_max(9)
• v4l2_prio_check(9)
• struct v4l2_file_operations(9)
• struct video_device(9)
• media_entity_to_video_device(9)
• to_video_device(9)
• __video_register_device(9)
• video_register_device(9)
• video_register_device_no_warn(9)
• video_unregister_device(9)
• video_device_alloc(9)
• video_device_release_empty(9)
• v4l2_disable_ioctl(9)
• video_get_drvdata(9)
• video_set_drvdata(9)
• video_devdata(9)
• video_drvdata(9)
• video_device_node_name(9)
• video_is_registered(9)
• v4l2_debugfs_root(9)
• video_device_pipeline_start(9)
• __video_device_pipeline_start(9)
• video_device_pipeline_stop(9)
• __video_device_pipeline_stop(9)
• video_device_pipeline_alloc_start(9)
• video_device_pipeline(9)

like I said. the entire group chat. no cap 😭

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ok that's the page!! it lives under ./include/media and the date on it is October 2026 — so mark your calendars bestie, and remember: video_device_release releases &struct video_device, that's the whole tea 🍓💜 slay, bye!! ✨🌈