powercap_unr...control_type(9)

✨ powercap_unregister_control_type(9) — the Kernel API Manual era 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for powercap_unregister_control_type(9) — yes the header is that long, yes it's iconic, and yes we're gonna get through it together 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

powercap_unregister_control_type — literally just unregisters a control_type from the framework, that's the whole vibe 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int powercap_unregister_control_type (struct powercap_control_type *instance );

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💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• instance — a pointer to a valid control_type instance. like, it has to be valid, bestie, don't be out here passing garbage 🙈

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

So what this one does is it unregisters a control_type with the power capping class ✨ simple as that.

BUT — and this is the part where you need to pay attention, no cap — all power zones registered under this control type have to be unregistered before calling this function, otherwise it will fail with an error code 😭 like it's not gonna be cute about it, it's just gonna fail on you. so clean up your zones first, bestie, then come back. order matters, periodt 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./include/linux/powercap.h
• struct powercap_control_type_ops(9)
• struct powercap_control_type(9)
• struct powercap_zone_ops(9)
• struct powercap_zone(9)
• struct powercap_zone_constraint_ops(9)
• struct powercap_zone_constraint(9)
• powercap_set_zone_data(9)
• powercap_get_zone_data(9)
• powercap_register_control_type(9)
• powercap_register_zone(9)
• powercap_unregister_zone(9)

the whole friend group fr fr, go read them all 👑

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ngl this one's short but the warning is load-bearing. unregister your zones first or it's giving error code energy 💀

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sign-off time 🧚 this little masterpiece lives in ./include/linux and it's dated October 2026, so go forth and unregister responsibly, my main character 🍓💖