kdb_handle_escape(9)

💖 NAME 💖 — kdb_handle_escape(9) from the Kernel API Manual

okay so bestie, kdb_handle_escape is literally the validity check on an accumulated escape sequence. that's the whole assignment. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int kdb_handle_escape (char *buf , size_t sz );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• buf — the accumulated escape characters you want examined, bestie. and no cap: buf is not a string — it's an array of characters, and it does not need to be nil terminated. periodt. 💅
• sz — number of accumulated escape characters. that's the count, that's the vibe check. 🎀

🔥 RETURN 🔥

• -1 if the escape sequence is unwanted.
• 0 if it is incomplete.
• otherwise, it returns a mapped key value to pass to the upper layers. slay. 👑

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• the Kernel file ./kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
• kdb_getchar(9)
• kdb_position_cursor(9)

xoxo, your kernel bestie 🫶 this page is brought to you by ./kernel/debug/kdb, dated October 2026 — bye bestie! 💋✨