of_remove_property(9)

💅 of_remove_property(9) 💅

okay bestie, this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's short but it has a little plot twist. We're removing a property from a node — except, spoiler, not literally removing it. 🙈

🎀 NAME 🎀

of_remove_property — Remove a property from a node.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int of_remove_property (struct device_node *np , struct property *prop
       );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• np — Caller's Device Node.
• prop — Property to remove.

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the tea: we don't actually remove it, because we've given out who-knows-how-many pointers to the data using get-property. 😭 Instead, we just move the property to the "dead properties" list, so it won't be found any more. It's giving "not gone, just off the grid" energy. 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./drivers/of/base.c — plus the whole squad:

• 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_available_child(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_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; date: October 2026. periodt. 🫶