of_overlay_n...r_unregister(9)
π« of_overlay_n...r_unregister(9) π«
okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual β yes that's the manual name, we're fancy now π this one's a tiny little function page from the device-tree overlay corner of the kernel, and honestly? she's short, she's sweet, she's giving "one job and she does it" energy β¨
πΈ NAME πΈ
of_overlay_notifier_unregister β literally just unregisters a notifier for overlay operations π like, that's it, that's the whole gig, no cap
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
int of_overlay_notifier_unregister (struct notifier_block *nb );
yep, that's the whole signature π«Ά one arg, returns an int, extremely demure of her
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
nbβ the notifier block you wanna unregister π like hand her back, she's done. it's astruct notifier_block *and that's exactly what goes here, no substitutions bestie π
π SEE ALSO π
okay this is the part where she tags all her mutuals, and there are so many, so buckle up π
first, the home base β this whole thing lives in the kernel file ./drivers/of/overlay.c ποΈ iconic location fr fr
then the structs:
struct target(9)struct fragment(9)struct overlay_changeset(9)
then the sibling function, aka the one you're probably looking for if you got here by accident:
and then the whole changeset-building extended universe π:
add_changeset_property(9)add_changeset_node(9)build_changeset_next_level(9)changeset_dup_entry_check(9)build_changeset(9)init_overlay_changeset(9)of_overlay_fdt_apply(9)of_overlay_remove(9)of_overlay_remove_all(9)
like, go read them, they're all in the group chat, iykyk π
ngl there are no extra warnings or bug notes on this page β she's a clean, well-behaved little manual page and i'm obsessed with her for that π
and that's the whole page, bestie π«Ά no more, no less, everything accounted for and nothing invented β main character energy only π
β cute little sign-off: this legend comes from ./drivers/of and she's dated October 2026 β bye bestie, go unregister something responsibly ππ
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms