tb_unregiste...ocol_handler(9)

💅 NAME 💅

tb_unregister_protocol_handler — the un-register move, aka "we're so done here" for protocol handlers

So bestie, this whole page is from the Kernel API Manual, section 9 (iykyk, kernel-space girlies only) 🎀 and it's about tb_unregister_protocol_handler — the function that says bye-bye to a protocol handler you previously signed up.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void tb_unregister_protocol_handler (struct tb_protocol_handler *handler
);

That's it. That's the whole call. No return value, no drama, just vibes and a void. 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• handler — the handler you're unregistering 💀 like, the exact one you're breaking up with. It's a struct tb_protocol_handler *, and yes, it's the one you registered earlier. No take-backs, no "wait actually—".

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Ok so picture this: a while back you registered a protocol handler (main character behavior), and now? Now it needs to go. This function removes the previously registered protocol handler. That's the whole arc, start to finish 🌈

Like, it literally just undoes the registration. Nothing spicy, no hidden lore, no extra steps. You had a handler in the system, now you don't. Slay. 💅

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

All the sibling functions, because the Thunderbolt xdomain family is huge and we respect every single one of them 👑

Kernel file: ./drivers/thunderbolt/xdomain.c

• tb_xdomain_response(9)
• tb_xdomain_request(9)
• tb_register_protocol_handler(9)
• tb_register_service_driver(9)
• tb_unregister_service_driver(9)
• tb_service_properties_changed(9)
• tb_xdomain_alloc(9)
• tb_xdomain_add(9)
• tb_xdomain_remove(9)
• tb_xdomain_unregister(9)
• tb_xdomain_lane_bonding_enable(9)
• tb_xdomain_lane_bonding_disable(9)
• tb_xdomain_alloc_in_hopid(9)
• tb_xdomain_alloc_out_hopid(9)
• tb_xdomain_release_in_hopid(9)
• tb_xdomain_release_out_hopid(9)
• tb_xdomain_enable_paths(9)
• tb_xdomain_disable_paths(9)
• tb_xdomain_find_by_uuid(9)
• tb_xdomain_find_by_link_depth(9)
• tb_xdomain_find_by_route(9)
• tb_register_property_dir(9)
• tb_unregister_property_dir(9)

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ngl the counterpart to this one is tb_register_protocol_handler(9) — if you're confused about what you're even unregistering, start there fr fr 🧚

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And that's a wrap, bestie! This lil page lives under ./drivers/thunderbolt, dated October 2026, and it goes by tb_unregiste...ocol_handler(9) — yes the title's truncated, no we don't know why, and yes it's iconic in a chaotic way 😭💖 periodt. 🍓