genl_unregister_family(9)

💅 genl_unregister_family(9) 💅

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — this is the page for genl_unregister_family(9). it’s giving “cleanup era” for a generic netlink family. ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

genl_unregister_family — unregister generic netlink family 💫

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int genl_unregister_family (const struct genl_family *family );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• family — the generic netlink family you’re unregistering. that’s the whole argument, no cap. 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like, this function unregisters the specified family. that’s the tea. 💅

it returns 0 on success or a negative error code. so if you see 0, slay; if it’s negative, that’s the error code doing its thing. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the related squad is:

• Kernel file: ./net/netlink/genetlink.c
• __genl_sk_priv_get(9)
• genl_sk_priv_get(9)
• genl_register_family(9)
• genlmsg_put(9)

source/version: ./net/netlink · date: October 2026 · page: genl_unregister_family(9) — bye bestie, stay iconic 💖👑