virtio_device_shutdown(9)

💖 NAME 💖

virtio_device_shutdown — break and reset a device on shutdown. okay so this is the virtio_device_shutdown(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void virtio_device_shutdown (struct virtio_device *dev );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• dev — the device. that's it, that's the arg 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so if your driver has its own .shutdown method, the move is: quiesce its activity first, then call this function to stop the device the way the generic shutdown path does. no cap, that's the whole vibe ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/virtio/virtio.c
• virtio_config_driver_disable(9)
• virtio_config_driver_enable(9)
• virtio_reset_device(9)
• register_virtio_device(9)

and that's the tea: source/version ./drivers/virtio, date October 2026. byeee, go be iconic with your shutdowns 🫶💖