dm_test_proc...atchdog_stop(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 dm_test_process_output_watchdog_stop(9) 💅

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and bestie, it's a tiny one but it slaps. it's literally a KUnit test helper for the amdgpu display code, and today we're learning what it does. stay with me 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

dm_test_process_output_watchdog_stop — the function that makes sure watchdog_stop actually cancels watchdog_dwork. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void dm_test_process_output_watchdog_stop (struct kunit *test );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • test — the KUnit test context, aka the little ✨situation✨ this test runs inside. it's a struct kunit *, ngl it's basically the test's whole personality holder.

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea ☕ — when output.watchdog_timer_stop is true, process_output must cancel a previously scheduled watchdog_timer_dwork. like, that's the assignment. no excuses. this test is literally there to check that the cancel actually happened, and honestly? obsessed with the dedication. 👑

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

first up, the kernel file where all this lives:

  • Kernel file: ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/tests/amdgpu_dm_hdcp_test.c

and now the iconic supporting cast — the whole friend group, in order, no skips, no cuts 💅:

like, that's a whole roster. ate and left no crumbs, fr fr 🍓

and that's the page, bestie!! this little cutie comes from the source ./drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/... and it's dated October 2026, and the manual name it lives under is dm_test_proc...atchdog_stop(9). mwah 💋 go cancel that dwork, ily 🧚💖

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