software_no...r_node_group(9)

✨ NAME ✨

software_node_unregister_node_group — bestie, this is the one that unregisters a whole group of software nodes in one go 🎀

(also, hi, this is page software_no...r_node_group(9) from the Kernel API Manual, luv u 💖)

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void software_node_unregister_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 want unregistered. Yes, NULL terminated, like the world's least dramatic guest list 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Okay so picture this: you've got a bunch of software nodes and you want them gone, all at once, no cap. That's literally this function. Multiple software nodes, one call, slay ✨

But here's the catch, and it's a real one, so listen up 👑 — if parent pointers are set up in any of the software nodes, then the array must be ordered so that parents come before their children. Not vibes-based ordering. Actual ordering. Periodt.

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💀 NOTE 💀

And if you're sitting there like "hmm, am I sure my array is ordered so parents get unregistered before their children?" … the manpage says, very gently: it is wiser to remove the nodes individually instead, in the correct order — that's child before parent, bestie 🫶

Not me warning you twice about ordering, but like, the parent/child order flips depending on whether you're doing it in a group or one by one. Read that again. I'll wait. 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/base/swnode.c — plus these icons:

• property_entries_dup(9)
• property_entries_free(9)
• software_node_find_by_name(9)
• software_node_register_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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okay that's the whole page, go forth and unregister responsibly 🦋💜

— the ./drivers/base girlies, October 2026, page software_no...r_node_group(9) 🎀✨