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.\"      Date: January 2017
.\"    Manual: Input Subsystem
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
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.TH "INPUT_FREE_DEVICE" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Input Subsystem"
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.SH "NAME"
input_free_device \- free memory occupied by input_dev structure
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'void\ input_free_device('u
.BI "void input_free_device(struct\ input_dev\ *\ " "dev" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIdev\fR
.RS 4
input device to free
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function should only be used if
\fBinput_register_device\fR
was not called yet or if it failed\&. Once device was registered use
\fBinput_unregister_device\fR
and memory will be freed once last reference to the device is dropped\&.
.PP
Device should be allocated by
\fBinput_allocate_device\fR\&.
.SH "NOTE"
.PP
If there are references to the input device then memory will not be freed until last reference is dropped\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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