of_get_next_available_child(9)

✨ of_get_next_available_child — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, this is the of_get_next_available_child(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and we are about to vibe-check a very specific little kernel helper 🦋. No cap, it’s giving “find me the next available child node” energy, and we’re gonna keep every detail intact.

💖 NAME 💖

of_get_next_available_child — find the next available child node 👑. That’s the whole assignment, periodt.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct device_node * of_get_next_available_child (const struct
       device_node *node , struct device_node *prev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• node — parent node. This is the parent node, iykyk — the one whose children we’re checking 💅.
• prev — previous child of the parent node, or NULL to get first. Pass NULL when you want the first one, bestie ✨.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this function is literally of_get_next_child energy, except it automatically skips any disabled nodes (i.e. status = "disabled"). So if a node is disabled, it’s not the one — the function moves right past it, no dramatic exit needed 💀.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/of/base.c is where this lives, and these are the related pages in the group chat 👀:

• of_find_all_nodes(9)
• __of_device_is_compatible(9)
• of_machine_compatible_match(9)
• of_machine_read_compatible(9)
• of_machine_read_model(9)
• of_machine_get_match(9)
• of_machine_get_match_data(9)
• __of_device_is_available(9)
• __of_device_is_reserved(9)
• of_device_is_available(9)
• __of_device_is_fail(9)
• of_device_is_big_endian(9)
• of_get_parent(9)
• of_get_next_parent(9)
• of_get_next_child(9)
• of_get_next_child_with_prefix(9)
• of_get_next_reserved_child(9)
• of_get_next_cpu_node(9)
• of_get_compatible_child(9)
• of_get_child_by_name(9)
• of_get_available_child_by_name(9)
• of_find_node_opts_by_path(9)
• of_find_node_by_name(9)
• of_find_node_by_type(9)
• of_find_compatible_node(9)
• of_find_node_with_property(9)
• of_match_node(9)
• of_find_matching_node_and_match(9)
• of_alias_from_compatible(9)
• of_find_node_by_phandle(9)
• of_parse_phandle_with_args_map(9)
• of_count_phandle_with_args(9)
• __of_add_property(9)
• of_add_property(9)
• of_remove_property(9)
• of_alias_scan(9)
• of_alias_get_id(9)
• of_alias_get_highest_id(9)
• of_console_check(9)
• of_find_next_cache_node(9)
• of_find_last_cache_level(9)
• of_map_id(9)
• of_map_iommu_id(9)
• of_map_msi_id(9)

mwah 💋 — source/version: ./drivers/of, dated October 2026, for the of_get_next_available_child(9) page. Stay slay, and may your child nodes always be available 🫶✨