'\" t .\" Title: sysfs_break_active_protection .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 .\" Date: April 2019 .\" Manual: The Filesystem for Exporting Kernel Objects .\" Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.9.168 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "SYSFS_BREAK_ACTIVE_P" "9" "April 2019" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.9\&." "The Filesystem for Exporting K" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" sysfs_break_active_protection \- break \(lqactive\(rq protection .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP \w'struct\ kernfs_node\ *\ sysfs_break_active_protection('u .BI "struct kernfs_node * sysfs_break_active_protection(struct\ kobject\ *\ " "kobj" ", const\ struct\ attribute\ *\ " "attr" ");" .SH "ARGUMENTS" .PP \fIkobj\fR .RS 4 The kernel object \fIattr\fR is associated with\&. .RE .PP \fIattr\fR .RS 4 The attribute to break the \(lqactive\(rq protection for\&. .RE .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP With sysfs, just like kernfs, deletion of an attribute is postponed until all active \&.\fBshow\fR and \&.\fBstore\fR callbacks have finished unless this function is called\&. Hence this function is useful in methods that implement self deletion\&. .SH "COPYRIGHT" .br