acpi_device_remove_files(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 acpi_device_remove_files (9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, and today's main character is acpi_device_remove_files 🎀 like yes we're in the kernel, yes we're doing sysfs admin, and yes it's giving cleanup era 🌸

💖 NAME 💖

acpi_device_remove_files — removes the sysfs attributes of an ACPI device. literally that's the whole gig, she tears down the files, she's done 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void acpi_device_remove_files (struct acpi_device *dev );

no return value, no drama, she just does it and leaves 💅 (the return type is void, bestie — she's not coming back with receipts)

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • dev — the ACPI device object 👑 that's the one, the device whose files we're saying bye to. no cap, that's the only thing you hand her.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

like if you're not done snooping around, check these out, all within the kernel file ./drivers/acpi/device_sysfs.c:

pro tip bestie: acpi_device_setup_files(9) is literally the opposite vibe — she makes the files, this one removes them. they're sisters 💀 iykyk

🌈 the sign-off 🌈

that's the page!! this lil beauty lives over in ./drivers/acpi and she was stamped October 2026 ⭐ so yeah, whenever you need to yeet an ACPI device's sysfs attributes, you know exactly who to call 💜 mwah, go slay your cleanup, love u bye 🧚💖

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