of_changeset_init(9)

💖 NAME 💖

Kernel API Manual bestie check-in: of_changeset_init(9) — initialize a changeset for use ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void of_changeset_init (struct of_changeset *ocs );

That's the whole signature, no cap. It's giving void, so there's no return value to obsess over.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ocs — changeset pointer. Yep, that's the changeset pointer you're handing over for setup 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so here's the tea: of_changeset_init initializes a changeset structure. That's literally the whole assignment. You bring the ocs changeset pointer, and it does the initialization thing. Setup era only, bestie. Periodt. 💖

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/of/dynamic.c — and the whole friend group is right here:

• 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_create_node(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)

Bye bestie 🫶 this page is from ./drivers/of, dated October 2026, and it's literally the of_changeset_init(9) manual entry. Slay responsibly 🦋✨