remove_binfmt_handler(9)

💅 remove_binfmt_handler(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is remove_binfmt_handler(9) and yes she's a function, yes she's iconic, and yes we're gonna get into it. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

remove_binfmt_handler — the girl whose whole job is removing a binary type handler. that's it. that's the gig. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void remove_binfmt_handler (struct binfmt_misc *misc , struct
       binfmt_misc_entry *e );

so it returns void (no receipts, no return value, she just does the thing and leaves) and it takes two args. slay. ✨

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• misc — the handle to the binfmt_misc instance. think of it as the group chat this whole operation lives in. 🫶
• e — the binary type handler you're removing. this is the one getting kicked out. not me doing it tho, the function does it. 😭

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the vibe: remove_binfmt_handler removes a binary type handler from the list of binary type handlers and then it also removes its associated dentry. two things. both handled. no notes. 👑

like literally she's doing the list cleanup AND the dentry cleanup, she's carrying the whole team on her back, main character energy fr fr. 🌈

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the whole friend group, assembled. go say hi 💜

• Kernel file ./fs/binfmt_misc.c
• struct binfmt_misc_flag(9)
• search_binfmt_handler(9)
• get_binfmt_handler(9)
• binfmt_misc_find_interp(9)
• entry_attach_interpreter(9)
• put_binfmt_handler(9)
• current_binfmt_misc(9)
• entry_select_interpreter(9)
• entry_invocation_flags(9)
• entry_open_interpreter(9)
• build_interp_argv(9)
• i_binfmt_misc(9)
• bm_evict_inode(9)
• unlink_binfmt_handler(9)
• bm_unlink(9)
• bm_entry_add_interp(9)

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bestie reminder: every single one of those is a real cross-reference, don't skip them just because the list is long 😤 the lore runs deep iykyk

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and that's the page!! 🎀 this little number lives in ./fs and it's dated October 2026, so yeah, she's from the future and she's still serving. mwah 💋 bye bestie, go remove some handlers 🦋💖