DEVICE_GET_PARENT(9)

✨ NAME ✨

device_get_parent — bestie, it hands u the device's parent 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ok so first u gotta pull in the lore:

#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/bus.h>

device_t
device_get_parent(device_t dev);

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

the device_get_parent() function returns the name of the device's parent device. that's it. that's the whole gig. ur device has a parent, and this function is the one that tells u who it is 🫶

literally the "who's ur daddy" of kernel dev, no cap 🎀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• device(9) — go read this one too, it's giving main character energy ⭐

👑 AUTHORS 👑

this manual page was written by Warner Losh. iconic behavior, we love to see it 💜

and that's the whole page bestie!! go forth and find ur parents 🧚‍♀️✨

this lil page came from the Debian crew, dated April 21, 2003 — yeah it's vintage, it's still slaying tho 💅🌈