hvc_iucv_path_severed(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 hvc_iucv_path_severed(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

okay so picture this: you're deep in the kernel, in the 9 section of the manual (yes that's the kernel API one), and you've stumbled onto hvc_iucv_path_severed. Hiiii 👋 let's get into it, because this one is lowkey a little cleanup icon and you're gonna understand it in like two minutes fr fr. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

hvc_iucv_path_severed — the IUCV handler whose whole job is to process a path sever. that's it, that's the vibe. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void hvc_iucv_path_severed (struct iucv_path *path , u8 *ipuser );

like, it returns nothing (void), takes two things, and then goes and does its thing. periodt. ✨

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • path — the pending path, and it's a struct iucv_path. yes, "pending," she's not done yet, she's mid-character-arc. 🫶
  • ipuser — user specified data for this path (and for AF_IUCV that means the port/service name plus the originator port, iykyk). 💖

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what does she actually do? simple: this function calls the hvc_iucv_hangup function for the respective IUCV HVC terminal. gracefully. dramatically. correctly. 🔥

Locking: struct hvc_iucv_private->lock — yes bestie, that's the lock you're dealing with, don't forget it, ngl it's kind of important. 🔒

not me reminding you that locking notes exist for a reason 😭 please respect the lock. it's giving main character energy and it will absolutely vibe check your code if you ignore it.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is the part where she name-drops literally everyone in her contacts list, and honestly? iconic. go read the kernel file ./drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_iucv.c and then hang out with the whole crew:

and that's the whole page, bestie, you ate that 🍓💅 mwah! this lil gem lives over in ./drivers/tty/hvc and she's dated October 2026 — so yes, she's from the future, and yes, she's still slaying. 🧚‍♀️👑

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