console_list_unlock(9)

console_list_unlock(9) 💅

okay so you found the page for console_list_unlock, bestie — it lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's literally the tiniest little baddie in ./kernel/printk/printk.c and we love her for it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

console_list_unlock — unlock the console list 🔓

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void console_list_unlock (void );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• void — no arguments, none, zero, not a single one 🙈 she takes nothing and she gives everything

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

She's the counterpart to console_list_lock — the lock goes on, the lock comes off, balance is restored, the vibes are immaculate ✨ that's it, that's the whole function, and honestly? iconic.

no cap, this one exists purely to undo what console_list_lock did, so don't go calling her without her other half or the universe gets weird 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./kernel/printk/printk.c and her entire friend group, fr fr — go say hi to all of them:

• console_list_lock(9)
• console_srcu_read_lock(9)
• console_srcu_read_unlock(9)
• console_lock_spinning_enable(9)
• console_lock_spinning_disable_and_check(9)
• console_trylock_spinning(9)
• printk_parse_prefix(9)
• add_preferred_console(9)
• match_devname_and_update_preferred_console(9)
• console_suspend_all(9)
• console_cpu_notify(9)
• console_lock(9)
• console_trylock(9)
• console_unlock(9)
• console_flush_on_panic(9)
• printk_kthreads_shutdown(9)
• console_force_preferred_locked(9)
• pr_flush(9)
• wake_up_klogd(9)
• defer_console_output(9)
• printk_trigger_flush(9)
• printk_timed_ratelimit(9)
• kmsg_dump_register(9)
• kmsg_dump_unregister(9)
• kmsg_dump_desc(9)
• kmsg_dump_get_line(9)
• kmsg_dump_get_buffer(9)
• kmsg_dump_rewind(9)
• console_try_replay_all(9)
• __printk_cpu_sync_wait(9)
• __printk_cpu_sync_try_get(9)
• __printk_cpu_sync_put(9)

k bye bestie, this page is served fresh from ./kernel/printk, dated October 2026, and yes the name at the bottom is still console_list_unlock(9) because consistency is main character energy 🫶💖