regulator_bu...orce_disable(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 regulator_bu...orce_disable(9) — from the Kernel API Manual 🎀

okay so bestie. this one's a Kernel API Manual page, and it's literally the "cut the power, bestie, RIGHT NOW" function. sit down, grab a strawberry drink 🍓, we're doing this.

✨ NAME ✨

regulator_bulk_force_disable — force disable multiple regulator consumers 😤⚡ — like regulator_disable but with zero chill and no take-backsies.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int regulator_bulk_force_disable (int num_consumers , struct
regulator_bulk_data *consumers );

that's it. that's the whole signature. she's an int return, she takes two args, and she does not ask permission ✨

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • num_consumers — the number of consumers. like, how many of them are we shutting off 💀
  • consumers — the consumer data; the clients are stored here. this is where the whole friend group lives 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so this convenience API lets consumers forcibly disable multiple regulator clients in a single API call. one call, all of them, no cap 🙈. it's giving "everyone out of the pool, NOW" energy and honestly? iconic.

⚠️ NOTE ⚠️

okay this part is serious, so listen up. this should be used for situations where device damage will likely occur if the regulators are not disabled (e.g. over temp — that's thermals going feral 🔥).

and here's the little detail that matters: although the regulator_force_disable function call for some consumers can return error numbers, the function is called for all consumers. so even if one of them throws a lil error at you, everybody still gets the call. no skipping. no favorites. periodt 💅

⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on success, or a negative error number on failure 😭. that's the whole vibe check.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, the whole group chat, everybody is here. Kernel file ./drivers/regulator/core.c is the place they all live 🏠:

and that's the page!! 💜✨ no thoughts, just force-disabling regulators before your board literally melts 🫶

mwah 💋 — this gem lives in ./drivers/regulator, stamped October 2026, and yeah the header still spells it 🎀 regulator_bu...orce_disable(9) 🎀 because the manpage title bar is dramatic like that. ok bye bestie, go disable some regulators responsibly 😭🔥

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