input_unregister_handle(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 input_unregister_handle — the kernel API manual, bestie edition

okay so this page is input_unregister_handle(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the "bye bestie" function for input handles 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

input_unregister_handle — unregister an input handle 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void input_unregister_handle (struct input_handle *handle );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • handle — the handle you're unregistering. yes that's it. that's the whole argument. she's low maintenance 👑

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

So real talk: this function removes the input handle from both the device's lists and the handler's lists. like, it's not doing a half job, it's removing it from both, periodt 💅✨

And here's the thing you actually need to remember — this function is supposed to be called from the handler's disconnect method. that's its whole moment. that's its main character energy. not me showing up anywhere else fr fr 🙈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

everything is in the kernel file ./drivers/input/input.c, and here's the whole friend group:

🫶 friendly reminder bestie: disconnect method. that's the vibe. iykyk.

aaand that's the page! 💜 sourced from ./drivers/input, dated October 2026, and yes the header at the top literally read input_unregister_handle(9) twice because that's just how manpages do 💀 slay, go unregister something responsibly 🌈⭐

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