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.\"     Title: free_netdev
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.\"      Date: January 2017
.\"    Manual: Network device support
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "FREE_NETDEV" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Network device support"
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.SH "NAME"
free_netdev \- free network device
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'void\ free_netdev('u
.BI "void free_netdev(struct\ net_device\ *\ " "dev" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIdev\fR
.RS 4
device
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function does the last stage of destroying an allocated device interface\&. The reference to the device object is released\&. If this is the last reference then it will be freed\&. Must be called in process context\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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