most_register_interface(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’– most_register_interface(9) β€” like, the whole kernel API manual, but make it cute πŸ’–

okay bestie, buckle up, because this one is from the Kernel API Manual and it's genuinely short but it matters, so pay attention πŸŽ€


✨ NAME ✨

most_register_interface β€” literally registers an instance of the interface. that's the whole vibe. that's the job. periodt. πŸ’…


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int most_register_interface (struct most_interface *iface );

yes she takes one argument and yes she's declared as returning int β€” I'm telling you exactly what the page says, do not come for me 🫢


🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • iface β€” a pointer to the interface instance description. that's it. that's the whole argument. she's lowkey a one-argument girly πŸ’œ

⭐ RETURN ⭐

it returns a pointer to the kobject of the generated instance. πŸ”₯

ok so ngl, the page says she returns a pointer to a kobject while the synopsis says int β€” that's what the manual says, word for word, so I'm not gonna gaslight you and pretend otherwise 😭 just know that's the documented story, bestie.

πŸ¦‹ NOTE πŸ¦‹

HDM has to ensure that any reference held on the kobj is released before deregistering the interface. 🚨

this is not a suggestion, this is not a "maybe later", this is a has to. hold a reference past deregistration and that's giving undefined-behaviour main character energy, and not the good kind πŸ’€

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

all the sibling pages, gathered like a little friend group πŸ‘‘


and that's the whole page, icon behaviour honestly 🧚

sign-off time: this little gem lives under ./include/linux and it's dated October 2026 β€” go read the header file, it's giving lore, it's giving iykyk πŸ“–πŸ’–

bye bestie, go release that kobj reference πŸŒΈπŸ’…βœ¨

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