clear_selection(9)

💖 clear_selection(9) 💖

okay so hii bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this page is literally all about clear_selection, and it's giving tiny function, very specific job. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

clear_selection — remove current selection

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void clear_selection (void );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• void — no arguments. Like, none. You pass nothing, bestie. 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Remove the current selection highlight, if any, from the console holding the selection. That’s the whole vibe: if there’s a selection highlight chillin’ on a console, this is the function that removes it. ✨

🔒 Locking: the caller must hold the console lock. No cap, this is the rule — hold the console lock. 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file: ./drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
• sel_loadlut(9)
• set_selection_user(9)

xoxo, your kernel bestie 💌 — source: ./drivers/tty, date: October 2026, page: clear_selection(9).