cpuidle_pause_and_lock(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the manual page for cpuidle_pause_and_lock(9) from the Kernel API Manual — it's giving short-and-iconic, and i'm obsessed. 🎀

cpuidle_pause_and_lock — temporarily disables CPUIDLE. that's the whole headline, no cap. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void cpuidle_pause_and_lock (void );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• void — no arguments. literally zero. not one single argument. this signature said "i take nothing" and i respect it. 💀

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

kernel file: ./drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c. and the related manual-page squad is:

• cpuidle_play_dead(9)
• cpuidle_use_deepest_state(9)
• cpuidle_find_deepest_state(9)
• cpuidle_enter_s2idle(9)
• cpuidle_enter_state(9)
• cpuidle_select(9)
• cpuidle_enter(9)
• cpuidle_reflect(9)
• cpuidle_poll_time(9)
• cpuidle_install_idle_handler(9)
• cpuidle_uninstall_idle_handler(9)
• cpuidle_resume_and_unlock(9)
• cpuidle_enable_device(9)
• cpuidle_disable_device(9)
• __cpuidle_register_device(9)
• cpuidle_register_device(9)
• cpuidle_unregister_device(9)
• cpuidle_unregister(9)
• cpuidle_register(9)
• cpuidle_init(9)

that's the vibe check, bestie! this page is from ./drivers/cpuidle, it's the cpuidle_pause_and_lock(9) page in the Kernel API Manual, and it's dated October 2026. mwah 💋✨