ib_unregister_driver(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ib_unregister_driver(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to ib_unregister_driver(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's short but it matters, so grab your lil iced coffee and let's go 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

ib_unregister_driver — unregister all IB devices for a driver 👑 like, every single one of them, no stragglers

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ib_unregister_driver (enum rdma_driver_id driver_id );

that's it. one arg. void return, so nothing comes back — she just does the thing and leaves 💅

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • driver_id — the driver you're unregistering, bestie. that's the one. point at it and say bye 🦋

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so this function is literally a fence for device unregistration 🚧 it's giving "wait for everyone to leave the party before you lock up."

it only returns once all devices associated with the driver_id have fully completed their unregistration and have returned from ib_unregister_device*() — like, actually returned, not "yeah I'm basically done" 🙈 no cap, it waits.

if devices are not yet unregistered? it goes ahead and starts unregistering them for you. very main character energy: it doesn't wait around for permission, it just gets it done ⭐

💀 BUT — and this is the important part — this does NOT block creation of new devices with the given driver_id. that responsibility belongs to the caller. yep. that's on you, bestie. it's your job, not hers 🫡

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/infiniband/core/device.c — iykyk, that's where the magic lives 🧚

and the whole squad, fr fr:

💖 and that's the page!! 💖 this lil beauty lives in ./drivers/infiniband/core, dated October 2026 — mwah, iconic, no notes 🎀🦋✨💅

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