__hvc_resize(9)

🌈 __hvc_resize(9) — Kernel API Manual 🌈

💖 NAME 💖

__hvc_resize — update terminal window size information. Bestie, it's the function that tucks the new terminal size into the HVC console vibes.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void __hvc_resize (struct hvc_struct *hp , struct winsize ws );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hp — HVC console pointer. Main character pointer energy.
• ws — Terminal window size structure. This is the size info being handed over.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so __hvc_resize stores the specified window size information in the hvc structure of hp. It also schedules the tty resize update. Slay.

Locking: the manual says "Locking free; the function MUST be called holding hp->lock." That's the exact energy, so yes: hold hp->lock when you call it, and do not skip the lock.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c
• hvc_set_winsz(9)

source/version: ./drivers/tty/hvc · date: October 2026 · page: __hvc_resize(9) 🫶💅