unregister_vdo(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for unregister_vdo(9), bestie 💅 — this one is literally about removing a vdo from the device registry.

unregister_vdo — Remove a vdo from the device registry. periodt 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void unregister_vdo (struct vdo *vdo );

like, that’s the whole vibe — one function, one argument, no cap ✨

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• vdo — The vdo to remove. that’s the one you’re yeeting out of the device registry, bestie 🫶

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

okay so you’re gonna want to peek at all of these, fr fr: the Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/vdo.c and Introduction(9), vdo_initialize_device_registry_once(9), filter_vdos_locked(9), vdo_find_matching(9), initialize_thread_config(9), get_thread_name(9), vdo_make_thread(9), register_vdo(9), vdo_format(9), initialize_vdo(9), vdo_make(9), free_listeners(9), vdo_destroy(9), finish_reading_super_block(9), handle_super_block_read_error(9), vdo_load_super_block(9), vdo_get_backing_device(9), vdo_get_device_name(9), vdo_synchronous_flush(9), vdo_get_state(9), vdo_set_state(9), vdo_get_admin_state(9), record_vdo(9), continue_parent(9), handle_geometry_block_save_error(9), vdo_save_geometry_block(9), handle_super_block_save_error(9), vdo_save_super_block(9), vdo_save_components(9), vdo_register_read_only_listener(9), notify_vdo_of_read_only_mode(9), vdo_enable_read_only_entry(9), vdo_wait_until_not_entering_read_only_mode(9), as_notifier(9), finish_entering_read_only_mode(9), make_thread_read_only(9), vdo_allow_read_only_mode_entry(9), vdo_enter_read_only_mode(9), vdo_is_read_only(9), vdo_in_read_only_mode(9), vdo_in_recovery_mode(9), vdo_enter_recovery_mode(9), complete_synchronous_action(9), perform_synchronous_action(9), set_compression_callback(9), vdo_set_compressing(9), vdo_get_compressing(9), vdo_get_physical_blocks_allocated(9), vdo_get_physical_blocks_overhead(9), get_vdo_statistics(9), vdo_fetch_statistics_callback(9), vdo_fetch_statistics(9), vdo_get_callback_thread_id(9), vdo_dump_status(9), vdo_assert_on_admin_thread(9), vdo_assert_on_logical_zone_thread(9), vdo_assert_on_physical_zone_thread(9), vdo_get_physical_zone(9) 💜

stay sparkly, bestie 🧚 — this iconic little page comes from source/version ./drivers/md/dm-vdo, dated October 2026 🌈⭐