dpll_device_unregister(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 dpll_device_unregister(9)

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and it's literally all about saying bye-bye to a dpll device 👋 Bestie, it's a one-function wonder and honestly? iconique.

✨ NAME ✨

dpll_device_unregister — unregister dpll device 🎀

Like, the whole job. That's it. That's the gig.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void dpll_device_unregister (struct dpll_device *dpll , const struct
       dpll_device_ops *ops , void *priv );

no cap, that's the exact signature — three args, returns void (so it gives you nothing back, very mysterious of it 💅).

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • dpll — the registered dpll pointer. key word: registered. it's the one you already got going, bestie 🫶
  • ops — ops for a dpll device. yeah. the ops. for the dpll device. iykyk ✨
  • priv — pointer to private information of owner. that's your stuff, the owner's little secret stash 🙈

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So what does it actually do? It unregisters the device — makes it unavailable for userspace. that's the whole vibe check: userspace can't see it anymore, it's off the guest list 💀✨

👑 NOTE 👑

⚠️ It does not free the memory. Like, at all. not even a little. so do not come for this function when your memory's still sitting there, she is NOT the cleanup crew 😭

🔥 CONTEXT 🔥

Acquires a lock (dpll_lock). so yeah, she locks before she does her thing — main character energy, very "don't interrupt me" 🔒💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/dpll/dpll_core.c — go read the source, bestie, it's giving lore 📖

that's the whole friend group fr fr 🤝

mwah 💋 this one's from ./drivers/dpll, dated October 2026, and yeah — it's still dpll_device_unregister(9), section 9, Kernel API Manual. slay, go unregister something responsibly 🧚‍♀️✨

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