__fwnode_link_del(9)

💅 __fwnode_link_del(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual, but make it make sense

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for __fwnode_link_del — it's a tiny function, one job, zero drama, and honestly? iconic for that. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

__fwnode_link_del — Delete a link between two fwnode_handles. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void __fwnode_link_del (struct fwnode_link *link );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• link — the fwnode_link to be deleted. like, the actual link object you're yeeting. 🫶

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so this is the important part, don't skip it: the fwnode_link_lock needs to be held when this function is called. no cap. fr fr. 🔒

bestie please lock it first — fwnode_link_lock, held, every time. this is not the part where you freestyle. 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/base/core.c — and like, an entire group chat of related functions, gathering here for the function equivalent of a group project 🧚:

• __fwnode_link_add(9)
• __fwnode_link_cycle(9)
• fwnode_links_purge_suppliers(9)
• fwnode_links_purge_consumers(9)
• fwnode_links_purge(9)
• __fwnode_links_move_consumers(9)
• __fw_devlink_pickup_dangling_consumers(9)
• fw_devlink_refresh_fwnode(9)
• device_is_dependent(9)
• device_pm_move_to_tail(9)
• device_link_wait_removal(9)
• device_link_add(9)
• device_link_del(9)
• device_link_remove(9)
• device_links_check_suppliers(9)
• __device_links_queue_sync_state(9)
• device_links_flush_sync_list(9)
• device_links_force_bind(9)
• device_links_driver_bound(9)
• __device_links_no_driver(9)
• device_links_no_driver(9)
• device_links_driver_cleanup(9)
• device_links_busy(9)
• device_links_unbind_consumers(9)
• device_links_purge(9)
• wait_for_init_devices_probe(9)
• fwnode_is_ancestor_of(9)
• fwnode_get_next_parent_dev(9)
• __fw_devlink_relax_cycles(9)
• fw_devlink_create_devlink(9)
• __fw_devlink_link_to_consumers(9)
• __fw_devlink_link_to_suppliers(9)
• dev_driver_string(9)
• device_release(9)
• devm_device_add_group(9)
• devices_kset_move_before(9)
• devices_kset_move_after(9)
• devices_kset_move_last(9)
• device_create_file(9)
• device_remove_file(9)
• device_remove_file_self(9)
• device_create_bin_file(9)
• device_remove_bin_file(9)
• device_initialize(9)
• kobject_has_children(9)
• dev_set_name(9)
• device_add(9)
• device_register(9)
• get_device(9)
• put_device(9)
• device_del(9)
• device_unregister(9)
• device_get_devnode(9)
• device_for_each_child(9)
• device_for_each_child_reverse(9)
• device_for_each_child_reverse_from(9)
• device_find_child(9)
• device_offline(9)
• device_online(9)
• __root_device_register(9)
• root_device_unregister(9)
• device_create(9)
• device_create_with_groups(9)
• device_destroy(9)
• device_rename(9)
• device_move(9)
• device_change_owner(9)
• device_shutdown(9)
• dev_err_probe(9)
• dev_warn_probe(9)
• set_primary_fwnode(9)
• set_secondary_fwnode(9)
• device_remove_of_node(9)
• device_add_of_node(9)
• device_set_of_node_from_dev(9)
• get_dev_from_fwnode(9)

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okay that's the whole page and honestly? ate. no crumbs. 🌈⭐

sign-off era: this lil beauty lives in ./drivers/base, and it's dated October 2026 — yes, the future, because kernel docs stay booked and busy. mwah 💜🎀