sysfs_remove_groups(9)

💅 sysfs_remove_groups 💅

okay so this is sysfs_remove_groups(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it is literally the cleanup bestie for group lists. periodt 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

sysfs_remove_groups — remove a list of groups. that’s the whole vibe. ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void sysfs_remove_groups (struct kobject *kobj , const struct
       attribute_group *const *groups );

it’s giving void, so there’s no return value to catch. slay. 💅

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• kobj — the kobject for the groups to be removed from. like, the home base for the group removal moment. 🎀
• groups — NULL terminated list of groups to be removed. yes, NULL terminated, no cap. 🦋

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

If groups is not NULL, remove the specified groups from the kobject. that’s the rule, bestie — the removal only kicks in when groups isn’t NULL. 💖

heads up: the conditional is the whole plot here — if groups is NULL, the specified-groups removal doesn’t happen; if it’s not NULL, remove those specified groups from the kobject. 😭

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./fs/sysfs/group.c is the spot 👀, and the whole see-also squad is:

• sysfs_create_group(9)
• sysfs_create_groups(9)
• sysfs_update_groups(9)
• sysfs_update_group(9)
• sysfs_remove_group(9)
• sysfs_merge_group(9)
• sysfs_unmerge_group(9)
• sysfs_add_link_to_group(9)
• sysfs_remove_link_from_group(9)
• compat_only_sysfs_link_entry_to_kobj(9)
• sysfs_group_change_owner(9)
• sysfs_groups_change_owner(9)

iconic lineup, honestly. 👑

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cute little sign-off: this page came from the ./fs/sysfs source, dated October 2026, and the function at the center of it all is sysfs_remove_groups(9). mwah 💋 🎀