sysfs_delete_link(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ today’s main character is sysfs_delete_link — aka the sysfs_delete_link(9) girlie — and she’s here to remove a symlink in an object’s directory. no cap. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

sysfs_delete_link — remove symlink in object’s directory. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void sysfs_delete_link (struct kobject *kobj , struct kobject *targ ,
       const char *name );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • kobj — object we’re acting for. 🫶
  • targ — object we’re pointing to. 👀
  • name — name of the symlink to remove. 💖

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Okay so unlike sysfs_remove_link, sysfs_delete_link has enough information to successfully delete symlinks in tagged directories. That’s the whole serve, bestie. 💅✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./fs/sysfs/symlink.c is in the mix too, plus these function besties:

mwah 💋 — this page comes from ./fs/sysfs, dated October 2026, for sysfs_delete_link(9). periodt. 🫶

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