input_unregister_device(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 input_unregister_device(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

Okay so real talk, this is input_unregister_device(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's the "we're done here, bye" function for input devices. It's short, it's dramatic, and honestly it's giving end-of-season finale energy. Let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

input_unregister_device — unregister a previously registered device. That's it. That's the whole job. She's a one-trick pony and she ate 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void input_unregister_device(struct input_dev *dev);

Returns nothing. void. No notes, no feedback, no little receipt. Just vibes 🦋

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • dev — the device you want to unregister. That's the one. The device. Being unregistered. Go get her 💖

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

So input_unregister_device unregisters an input device. Wow, the name really said what it said, no cap.

But here's the part that actually matters, and I need you to lock in for this one, bestie:

💀 Once the device is unregistered, the caller should not try to access it — because it may get freed at any moment. Any. Moment. Not "soon", not "after you finish", literally whenever. Do not touch. Do not pass go. Do not dev-reference it again. Periodt.

Like, the device is on read receipts now and you are NOT on the list 🙈 She's already gone, don't text her.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/input/input.c, plus the whole entire friend group (yes, the whole group chat, I listed every single one, no gatekeeping):

Full squad, all present, all accounted for ✨

And that's the page!! 🌈 Signing off from ./drivers/input, October 2026, this has been input_unregister_device(9) 💜 Byeee, go unregister responsibly and don't touch freed memory, ily 🫶⭐

📦 where this page comes from