remove_watch_from_object(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ the function on the moodboard today is remove_watch_from_object(9), and it is literally all about removing a watch — or all the watches — from an object. periodt 💅

remove_watch_from_object — Remove a watch or all watches from an object. no cap 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the whole vibe is:

int remove_watch_from_object (struct watch_list *wlist , struct
       watch_queue *wq , u64 id , bool all );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• wlist — the watch list to remove from, bestie 🎀
• wq — the watch queue of interest. lowkey gets ignored if all is true 👀
• id — the ID of the watch to remove. also ignored if all is true, iykyk 💅
• all — true to remove all objects 👑

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so basically: remove a specific watch, or all watches, from an object. then a notification gets sent to the watcher to tell them that this happened — like a little “hey bestie, it's done” ping 🔔✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./kernel/watch_queue.c 🧚
• __post_watch_notification(9) 💜
• put_watch_queue(9) 🦋
• init_watch(9) 🌸
• add_watch_to_object(9) ⭐
• get_watch_queue(9) 🔥

mwah 💋 — this page is from the ./kernel source, dated October 2026, and it's serving Kernel API Manual energy for remove_watch_from_object(9) 🫶👑