device_del(9) [centos man page]

DEVICE_DEL(9)						   Device drivers infrastructure					     DEVICE_DEL(9)

NAME

       device_del - delete device from system.

SYNOPSIS

       void device_del(struct device * dev);

ARGUMENTS

       dev
	   device.

DESCRIPTION

       This is the first part of the device unregistration sequence. This removes the device from the lists we control from here, has it removed
       from the other driver model subsystems it was added to in device_add, and removes it from the kobject hierarchy.

NOTE

       this should be called manually _iff_ device_add was also called manually.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10					     June 2014							     DEVICE_DEL(9)

DEVICE_SCHEDULE_CALL(9) 				   Device drivers infrastructure				   DEVICE_SCHEDULE_CALL(9)

NAME

       device_schedule_callback_owner - helper to schedule a callback for a device

SYNOPSIS

       int device_schedule_callback_owner(struct device * dev, void (*func) (struct device *), struct module * owner);

ARGUMENTS

       dev
	   device.

       func
	   callback function to invoke later.

       owner
	   module owning the callback routine

DESCRIPTION

       Attribute methods must not unregister themselves or their parent device (which would amount to the same thing). Attempts to do so will
       deadlock, since unregistration is mutually exclusive with driver callbacks.

       Instead methods can call this routine, which will attempt to allocate and schedule a workqueue request to call back func with dev as its
       argument in the workqueue's process context.  dev will be pinned until func returns.

       This routine is usually called via the inline device_schedule_callback, which automatically sets owner to THIS_MODULE.

       Returns 0 if the request was submitted, -ENOMEM if storage could not be allocated, -ENODEV if a reference to owner isn't available.

NOTE

       This routine won't work if CONFIG_SYSFS isn't set! It uses an underlying sysfs routine (since it is intended for use by attribute methods),
       and if sysfs isn't available you'll get nothing but -ENOSYS.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10					     June 2014						   DEVICE_SCHEDULE_CALL(9)