of_detach_node(9)

💅 of_detach_node(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for of_detach_node(9), and we’re gonna make it make sense together 🫶 no cap.

🎀 NAME 🎀

of_detach_node — literally "Unplug" a node from the device tree. that’s the whole job, that’s the vibe 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here’s the signature exactly as it is, bestie — character for character:

int of_detach_node (struct device_node *np );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• np — Pointer to the caller's Device Node. yes, capital D capital N, we’re being precise 🌸

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Kernel file ./drivers/of/dynamic.c — that’s where this lives, iykyk.

the whole SEE ALSO squad, all accounted for and looking iconic:

• of_node_get(9)
• of_node_put(9)
• of_attach_node(9)
• of_node_release(9)
• __of_prop_dup(9)
• __of_node_dup(9)
• of_changeset_create_node(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)

mwah 💋 this lil page is sourced from ./drivers/of, dated October 2026, and it’s still of_detach_node(9) — bye bestie! 🫶✨