cdev_del9
Remove a cdev from the system
Usage
void cdev_del(struct cdev * p);
Arguments
p
the cdev structure to be removed
Overview
cdev_del removes p from the system, possibly freeing the structure itself.
Note
This guarantees that cdev device will no longer be able to be opened, however any cdevs already open will remain and their fops will still be callable even after cdev_del returns.
Releases
6 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 5 times.