dpm_watchdog_set(9)

💅 dpm_watchdog_set(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie

okay so this is dpm_watchdog_set(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's genuinely such a mood. it's a tiny little function that does one job and does it cute. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

dpm_watchdog_set — enable the pm watchdog for a given device. that's it. that's the whole personality. she turns it on and she leaves 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void dpm_watchdog_set (struct dpm_watchdog *wd , struct device *dev );

so she takes two things and returns literally nothing (void, no cap, she's not giving you a return value). the way that she just does the thing and dips 😭

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• wd — the watchdog itself, a struct dpm_watchdog *. and bestie, listen to me: it must be allocated on the stack. that's not a suggestion, that's the vibe check. stack only. do not be weird about it 🙈
• dev — the device to handle. that's the one getting watched. main character device energy fr fr 👑

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

okay this list is LONG, like she knows everyone, and you're gonna read every single name because that's the rule 💖

• pm_hibernate_is_recovering(9)
• device_pm_sleep_init(9)
• device_pm_lock(9)
• device_pm_unlock(9)
• device_pm_add(9)
• device_pm_remove(9)
• device_pm_move_before(9)
• device_pm_move_after(9)
• device_pm_move_last(9)
• dpm_wait(9)
• pm_op(9)
• pm_late_early_op(9)
• pm_noirq_op(9)
• dpm_watchdog_handler(9)
• dpm_watchdog_clear(9)
• dev_pm_skip_resume(9)
• device_resume_noirq(9)
• dpm_resume_noirq(9)
• device_resume_early(9)
• dpm_resume_early(9)
• dpm_resume_start(9)
• device_resume(9)
• dpm_resume(9)
• device_complete(9)
• dpm_complete(9)
• dpm_resume_end(9)
• resume_event(9)
• device_suspend_noirq(9)
• dpm_suspend_noirq(9)
• device_suspend_late(9)
• dpm_suspend_late(9)
• dpm_suspend_end(9)
• legacy_suspend(9)
• device_suspend(9)
• dpm_suspend(9)
• device_prepare(9)
• dpm_prepare(9)
• dpm_suspend_start(9)
• device_pm_wait_for_dev(9)
• dpm_for_each_dev(9)

and the kernel file where the whole saga lives is ./drivers/base/power/main.c — that's the address, iykyk 📍

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and that's the page, bestie!! 🌈 this iconic little entry is brought to you by ./drivers/base/power (source/version, mwah 💋) and it's dated October 2026 — mark your calendars, she's timeless and also from the future, slay ✨💜