kernel_power_off(9)

💖 kernel_power_off(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for kernel_power_off — the call that says “we are so done here” and powers the whole system off. no cap. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

kernel_power_off — power_off the system 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void kernel_power_off (void );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• void — no arguments. literally none. zero-argument energy. ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Shutdown everything and perform a clean system power_off. that’s the whole vibe: everything goes down, then it’s a clean system power_off. periodt. 💖

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./kernel/reboot.c, plus these iconique friends:

• emergency_restart(9)
• register_reboot_notifier(9)
• unregister_reboot_notifier(9)
• register_restart_handler(9)
• unregister_restart_handler(9)
• do_kernel_restart(9)
• kernel_restart(9)
• kernel_halt(9)
• register_sys_off_handler(9)
• unregister_sys_off_handler(9)
• devm_register_sys_off_handler(9)
• devm_register_power_off_handler(9)
• devm_register_restart_handler(9)
• register_platform_power_off(9)
• unregister_platform_power_off(9)
• do_kernel_power_off(9)
• kernel_can_power_off(9)
• orderly_poweroff(9)
• orderly_reboot(9)
• hw_failure_emergency_action_func(9)
• hw_failure_emergency_schedule(9)
• __hw_protection_trigger(9)

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signing off with source/version ./kernel and date October 2026 🎀 mwah, that’s the whole page 💋