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DEVICE_DESTROY(9) Device drivers infrastructure DEVICE_DESTROY(9)

NAME

device_destroy - removes a device that was created with device_create

SYNOPSIS

void device_destroy(struct class * class, dev_t devt);

ARGUMENTS

class
pointer to the struct class that this device was registered with
devt
the dev_t of the device that was previously registered

DESCRIPTION

This call unregisters and cleans up a device that was created with a call to device_create.

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January 2017 Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.