centos man page for driver_find

Query: driver_find

OS: centos

Section: 9

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DRIVER_FIND(9)						   Device drivers infrastructure					    DRIVER_FIND(9)

NAME
driver_find - locate driver on a bus by its name.
SYNOPSIS
struct device_driver * driver_find(const char * name, struct bus_type * bus);
ARGUMENTS
name name of the driver. bus bus to scan for the driver.
DESCRIPTION
Call kset_find_obj to iterate over list of drivers on a bus to find driver by name. Return driver if found. This routine provides no locking to prevent the driver it returns from being unregistered or unloaded while the caller is using it. The caller is responsible for preventing this.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10 June 2014 DRIVER_FIND(9)