regulator_disable_deferred(9)

💅 regulator_disable_deferred(9) 💅

okay so bestie, we're deep in the Kernel API Manual today and this one is genuinely such a slay little function. it's giving "i'll turn it off… but like, in a minute." no cap. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

regulator_disable_deferred — disable regulator output with delay 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int regulator_disable_deferred (struct regulator *regulator , int ms );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• regulator — the regulator source, aka the thing we're about to switch off 💅
• ms — milliseconds until the regulator is disabled ⏳ like, how long we wait before the lights go out

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so what this does: it runs regulator_disable on the regulator after a delay. that's it, that's the vibe. ✨

and why would you even want that? because it's intended for use with devices that require some time to quiesce 😌 — like, some hardware needs a lil moment to chill and settle before you cut the power, and this is the function that respects that. main character energy of letting things wind down gracefully.

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⚠️ NOTE ⚠️

lowkey important, do not skip this one: this will only disable the regulator output if:

• no other consumer devices have it enabled 👀
• the regulator device supports disabling 🧚
• and machine constraints permit this operation 🎀

so yeah — three vibe checks it has to pass, or nothing happens. fr fr.

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

0 on success, or a negative error number on failure 💀 (so like, if you get a negative number back, that's your sign something went sideways 🙈).

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bestie, buckle up, this list is long and honestly iconic. all of these live in the kernel file ./drivers/regulator/core.c:

• regulator_lock_nested(9)
• regulator_lock(9)
• regulator_unlock(9)
• regulator_lock_two(9)
• regulator_unlock_two(9)
• regulator_unlock_dependent(9)
• regulator_lock_dependent(9)
• set_machine_constraints(9)
• regulator_event_work_fn(9)
• regulator_event_forward_notifier(9)
• register_regulator_event_forwarding(9)
• set_supply(9)
• set_consumer_device_supply(9)
• regulator_dev_lookup(9)
• _regulator_get_common(9)
• regulator_get(9)
• regulator_get_exclusive(9)
• regulator_get_optional(9)
• regulator_put(9)
• regulator_register_supply_alias(9)
• regulator_unregister_supply_alias(9)
• regulator_bulk_register_supply_alias(9)
• regulator_bulk_unregister_supply_alias(9)
• regulator_ena_gpio_ctrl(9)
• _regulator_check_status_enabled(9)
• _regulator_handle_consumer_enable(9)
• _regulator_handle_consumer_disable(9)
• regulator_enable(9)
• regulator_disable(9)
• regulator_force_disable(9)
• regulator_is_enabled(9)
• regulator_count_voltages(9)
• regulator_list_voltage(9)
• regulator_get_regmap(9)
• regulator_get_hardware_vsel_register(9)
• regulator_list_hardware_vsel(9)
• regulator_hardware_enable(9)
• regulator_get_linear_step(9)
• regulator_is_supported_voltage(9)
• regulator_set_voltage(9)
• regulator_set_voltage_time(9)
• regulator_set_voltage_time_sel(9)
• regulator_sync_voltage(9)
• regulator_get_voltage(9)
• regulator_set_current_limit(9)
• regulator_get_current_limit(9)
• regulator_get_unclaimed_power_budget(9)
• regulator_request_power_budget(9)
• regulator_free_power_budget(9)
• regulator_set_mode(9)
• regulator_get_mode(9)
• regulator_get_error_flags(9)
• regulator_set_load(9)
• regulator_allow_bypass(9)
• regulator_register_notifier(9)
• regulator_unregister_notifier(9)
• regulator_bulk_get(9)
• regulator_bulk_enable(9)
• regulator_bulk_disable(9)
• regulator_bulk_force_disable(9)
• regulator_bulk_free(9)
• regulator_handle_critical(9)
• regulator_notifier_call_chain(9)
• regulator_mode_to_status(9)
• regulator_register(9)
• regulator_unregister(9)
• regulator_suspend(9)
• regulator_has_full_constraints(9)
• rdev_get_drvdata(9)
• regulator_get_drvdata(9)
• regulator_set_drvdata(9)
• rdev_get_id(9)

like… go off, SEE ALSO section 👑 genuinely ate.

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okay that's the whole page bestie!! sourced straight from ./drivers/regulator, dated October 2026, and yes the header still says regulator_disable_deferred(9) because we keep it consistent 💜 mwah, go disable something (with a delay, obviously) 🧚✨