of_overlay_n...r_unregister(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’« of_overlay_n...r_unregister(9) πŸ’«

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual β€” yes that's the manual name, we're fancy now πŸ’… 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 ✨


🌸 NAME 🌸

of_overlay_notifier_unregister β€” literally just unregisters a notifier for overlay operations πŸŽ€ like, that's it, that's the whole gig, no cap


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int of_overlay_notifier_unregister (struct notifier_block *nb );

yep, that's the whole signature 🫢 one arg, returns an int, extremely demure of her


πŸ¦‹ ARGUMENTS πŸ¦‹

  • nb β€” the notifier block you wanna unregister πŸ’€ like hand her back, she's done. it's a struct notifier_block * and that's exactly what goes here, no substitutions bestie πŸ™ˆ

πŸ’– SEE ALSO πŸ’–

okay this is the part where she tags all her mutuals, and there are so many, so buckle up πŸŽ€

first, the home base β€” this whole thing lives in the kernel file ./drivers/of/overlay.c πŸ—‚οΈ 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 πŸ‘‘:

like, go read them, they're all in the group chat, iykyk πŸ’œ

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 🌈

and that's the whole page, bestie 🫢 no more, no less, everything accounted for and nothing invented β€” main character energy only πŸ’…

β€” cute little sign-off: this legend comes from ./drivers/of and she's dated October 2026 ⭐ bye bestie, go unregister something responsibly πŸ˜­πŸ’–

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from