software_no...r_node_group(9)

💅 NAME 💅

software_node_register_node_group — bestie, this is how you register a whole group of software nodes all at once ✨

So real quick, this page lives in section 9 of the Kernel API Manual, and the star of the show is software_node_register_node_group 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int software_node_register_node_group (const struct software_node *
const *node_group );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• node_group — a NULL terminated array of software node pointers that you wanna register. That's it, that's the whole vibe check 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so picture this: you've got a whole squad of software nodes and you do NOT wanna register them one by one like some kind of peasant 😭. This function registers multiple software nodes at once. Group registration, main character energy, periodt. 💅

Now here's the part where you gotta pay attention, bestie, because this is where people get caught out 🙈:

If any node in the array has its .parent pointer set — and ngl that pointer can only ever point to another software_node — then its parent must have been registered before it is. No cap. How do you make that happen? Two iconic options:

• register the parent outside of this function first, or
• order the array so that the parent comes before the child ✨

Ordering matters, okay? The kernel is not gonna read your mind. 💀

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/base/swnode.c and its whole friend group 💖:

• property_entries_dup(9)
• property_entries_free(9)
• software_node_find_by_name(9)
• software_node_unregister_node_group(9)
• software_node_register(9)
• software_node_unregister(9)
• device_add_software_node(9)
• device_remove_software_node(9)
• device_create_managed_software_node(9)

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That's the whole page, bestie — go forth and register responsibly 🧚‍♀️⭐ This lil drop came to you straight outta ./drivers/base, dated October 2026, and it goes by software_no...r_node_group(9) — iykyk 💜🎀