rtnl_af_unregister(9)

💖 NAME 💖

rtnl_af_unregister — okay bestie, this is the one that unregisters rtnl_af_ops from rtnetlink ✨

This page is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving “short but important” energy fr fr.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void rtnl_af_unregister (struct rtnl_af_ops *ops );

The return type is void, so there's literally no return value to obsess over 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ops — a struct rtnl_af_ops *, aka the thing you're unregistering 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

The lore lives in the kernel file ./net/core/rtnetlink.c, and you're gonna want these too:

• rtnl_nets_add(9)
• rtnl_unregister(9)
• rtnl_unregister_all(9)
• __rtnl_register_many(9)
• rtnl_link_register(9)
• rtnl_link_unregister(9)
• rtnl_af_register(9)
• rtnl_get_net_ns_capable(9)
• ndo_dflt_fdb_dump(9)

xoxo, from ./net/core, dated October 2026 — mwah 💋💖