rtnl_unregister(9)

💅 rtnl_unregister(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, we're in the kernel API manual, and today's main character is rtnl_unregister(9) — yes it's giving short-and-sweet but it's important, so pay attention 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

rtnl_unregister — unregister a rtnetlink message type 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int rtnl_unregister (int protocol , int msgtype );

like literally that's the whole signature, no cap 💅

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• protocol — the protocol family, or PF_UNSPEC (that's the "no specific family, i'm built different" option ✨)
• msgtype — the rtnetlink message type 🫶

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so here's the tea: this one returns 0 on success, or a negative error code if it didn't slay 😭 that's it, that's the whole vibe check. short function, big energy 👑

ngl there's nothing else in the description — no hidden lore, no extra caveats, just success = 0, failure = negative. periodt 💀

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• Kernel file ./net/core/rtnetlink.c
• rtnl_nets_add(9)
• rtnl_unregister_all(9)
• __rtnl_register_many(9)
• rtnl_link_register(9)
• rtnl_link_unregister(9)
• rtnl_af_register(9)
• rtnl_af_unregister(9)
• rtnl_get_net_ns_capable(9)
• ndo_dflt_fdb_dump(9)

all of these are your little friend group, go say hi 🌈

and that's a wrap bestie 🎀 this lil gem lives in ./net/core and the manual says October 2026 — so mark your calendar, the future is now 💜✨ go forth and unregister responsibly, ily 🫶👑