__proc_set_tty(9)

💖 __proc_set_tty(9) 💖

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, straight from the Kernel API Manual: __proc_set_tty — set the controlling terminal. periodt 👑.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void __proc_set_tty (struct tty_struct *tty );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• tty — tty structure. that's the whole argument, bestie 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so check it: this is Only callable by the session leader and only if it does not already have a controlling terminal. like, it's giving exclusive club energy, no cap 💅.

Caller must hold:

• tty_lock
• a readlock on tasklist_lock
• sighand lock

no cap, all of that before you even think about sliding into this call 😭.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c
• __tty_check_change(9)
• tty_signal_session_leader(9)
• disassociate_ctty(9)
• tiocsctty(9)
• tty_get_pgrp(9)
• tiocgpgrp(9)
• tiocspgrp(9)
• tiocgsid(9)

mwah 💋 sign-off time: source/version is ./drivers/tty, the date is October 2026, and the page is __proc_set_tty(9). that's the footer, bestie, slay 🎀✨