unregister_trace_event(9)

💅 unregister_trace_event(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so picture this: it's giving Kernel API Manual, section 9, and today's main character is unregister_trace_event. yes bestie, we're in the kernel trace zone and it's lowkey iconic in here ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

unregister_trace_event — remove a no longer used event 🗑️✨

like, it's literally the cleanup queen. when an event is done being used, she's the one who takes it out. no cap.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int unregister_trace_event (struct trace_event *event );

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. one function, one argument, returns an int 💖

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• event — the event to remove 💅 this is the one getting un-registered, fr fr. the event you're saying "okay bye bestie" to.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file ./kernel/trace/trace_output.c is right there holding it down, and these siblings are all part of the same friend group:

• trace_print_bitmask_seq(9)
• trace_print_hex_seq(9)
• trace_print_lat_fmt(9)
• ftrace_find_event(9)
• register_trace_event(9) — the one who puts events in, iykyk 🔥

like, go read them too. they ate. 🍓

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this cutie lives in ./kernel/trace, it's dated October 2026, and it's page unregister_trace_event(9) of the Kernel API Manual — slay, periodt 💜🌈⭐