virtsnd_remove(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

hey bestie, welcome to virtsnd_remove(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💖

virtsnd_remove — remove the VirtIO and ALSA devices. she’s the cleanup bestie for when those devices gotta go, periodt 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here’s the exact signature, bestie — don’t touch the spacing:

void virtsnd_remove (struct virtio_device *vdev );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vdev — the VirtIO parent device. that’s the one being handed over, okay? 🫶

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🦋 CONTEXT 🦋

Any context that permits to sleep. that’s the whole vibe check — if sleeping is allowed, this function is allowed to be there 😴✨

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file: ./sound/virtio/virtio_card.c

and these are the function besties you should also check out:

• virtsnd_event_send(9)
• virtsnd_event_dispatch(9)
• virtsnd_event_notify_cb(9)
• virtsnd_find_vqs(9)
• virtsnd_enable_event_vq(9)
• virtsnd_disable_event_vq(9)
• virtsnd_build_devs(9)
• virtsnd_validate(9)
• virtsnd_probe(9)
• virtsnd_freeze(9)
• virtsnd_restore(9)

mwah 💋 this page lives under ./sound/virtio and is dated October 2026 — source/version noted, no cap 🎀