cdns_wdt_probe(9)

💅 cdns_wdt_probe — the Kernel API Manual page, bestie edition ✨

okay so this is cdns_wdt_probe(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's giving "tiny function, big job" and we're obsessed. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

cdns_wdt_probe — the probe call for the device. that's it, that's the vibe check 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int cdns_wdt_probe (struct platform_device *pdev );

like, it takes one thing and returns an int. simple queen behaviour 💅

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• pdev — handle to the platform device structure. that's your lil' ticket to the device, bestie, hold it tight 🙈

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 on success 🎉
• a negative error otherwise 😭 (no cap, if it's negative, something went sideways)

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so what does it actually do? it does all the memory allocation and registration for the device. yes, all of it. every last byte of the allocation and every bit of the registration. main character energy fr fr 🔥

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./drivers/watchdog/cadence_wdt.c — go read it, iykyk 💜
• struct cdns_wdt(9)
• cdns_wdt_stop(9)
• cdns_wdt_reload(9)
• cdns_wdt_start(9)
• cdns_wdt_settimeout(9)
• cdns_wdt_irq_handler(9)
• cdns_wdt_suspend(9)
• cdns_wdt_resume(9)

like a whole little watchdog friend group, and honestly they all slay in their own way 🌈

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and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this one lives in ./drivers/watchdog, stamped October 2026, and it's literally cdns_wdt_probe(9) — go forth and probe, bestie, ilysm 🫶✨🎀