of_changeset_create_node(9)

💖 of_changeset_create_node(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 💖

okay so this is the of_changeset_create_node(9) page, and it lives in the Kernel API Manual. it's giving “dynamically create a device node and attach it to a given changeset” energy, and honestly? iconic. ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

of_changeset_create_node — dynamically create a device node and attach it to a given changeset. periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct device_node * of_changeset_create_node (struct of_changeset *ocs
, struct device_node *parent , const char *full_name );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• ocs — pointer to changeset. like, the changeset in question, bestie. 🎀
• parent — pointer to parent device node. the parent node, no cap. 🌸
• full_name — node full name. yep, the whole name. 💖

🌈 RETURN 🌈

it hands you back a pointer to the created device node. and if something goes wrong? it returns NULL in case of an error. 😭 that's the vibe check, fr fr.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file is ./drivers/of/dynamic.c, and these besties are all linked up too:

• of_node_get(9)
• of_node_put(9)
• of_attach_node(9)
• of_detach_node(9)
• of_node_release(9)
• __of_prop_dup(9)
• __of_node_dup(9)
• of_changeset_init(9)
• of_changeset_destroy(9)
• of_changeset_apply(9)
• of_changeset_revert(9)
• of_changeset_action(9)
• of_changeset_add_prop_string(9)
• of_changeset_add_prop_string_array(9)
• of_changeset_add_prop_u32_array(9)
• of_changeset_add_prop_bool(9)
• of_changeset_update_prop_string(9)

💖 that's the whole page, bestie — source/version ./drivers/of, dated October 2026. mwah 💅✨