watchdog_unregister_device(9)

💅 watchdog_unregister_device(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's a lil function called watchdog_unregister_device, and honestly? she's the cleanup crew. the closer. the "we're so done here" queen. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

watchdog_unregister_device — unregister a watchdog device 🐶💔

like, she takes the watchdog out of the registry. bye bestie, slay, but also goodbye.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void watchdog_unregister_device (struct watchdog_device *wdd );

no return value. void. she does the thing and leaves. main character energy fr fr 🔥

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• wdd — the watchdog device to unregister. that's her. that's the one getting un-registered. 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the vibe check: this function unregisters a watchdog device that was previously successfully registered with watchdog_register_device. that's the whole thing. it's giving "undo button for the registration." undoing what was done, closing the loop, no cap 💅✨

iykyk — only call this on a device that actually got registered successfully in the first place. the manual says "previously successfully registered," and we respect the manual around here. 🧚

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

lowkey you should also peep these, bestie — they're the squad:

• the kernel file ./drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
• watchdog_init_timeout(9)
• watchdog_set_restart_priority(9)
• watchdog_register_device(9) — the one that puts her in 👑
• devm_watchdog_register_device(9)

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and that's the whole page, periodt. 🍓

this cutie came from the source ./drivers/watchdog, dated October 2026, and she's filed under watchdog_unregister_device(9) in the Kernel API Manual — catch you in the next unregister bestie, mwah 💖💜🎀