nbcon_kthreads_wake(9)

💅 nbcon_kthreads_wake(9) 💅

okay so bestie, this is nbcon_kthreads_wake from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the (9) one — and it's here to wake up printing threads with an irq_work assist. genuinely iconic kernel behavior. 🫶✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

nbcon_kthreads_wake — Wake up printing threads using irq_work. literally the whole name description, no cap. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void nbcon_kthreads_wake (void );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• void — no arguments. nothing to pass in, bestie; the parameter list is literally empty. 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./kernel/printk/nbcon.c. and here's the whole friend group — every single reference, in order, no skipping:

• nbcon_state_set(9)
• nbcon_state_read(9)
• nbcon_state_try_cmpxchg(9)
• nbcon_seq_read(9)
• nbcon_seq_force(9)
• nbcon_seq_try_update(9)
• nbcon_context_try_acquire_direct(9)
• nbcon_context_try_acquire_requested(9)
• nbcon_context_try_acquire_handover(9)
• nbcon_context_try_acquire_hostile(9)
• nbcon_context_try_acquire(9)
• nbcon_context_release(9)
• nbcon_context_can_proceed(9)
• nbcon_can_proceed(9)
• __nbcon_context_update_unsafe(9)
• nbcon_enter_unsafe(9)
• nbcon_exit_unsafe(9)
• nbcon_reacquire_nobuf(9)
• nbcon_emit_next_record(9)
• nbcon_kthread_should_wakeup(9)
• nbcon_kthread_func(9)
• nbcon_irq_work(9)
• nbcon_kthread_create(9)
• nbcon_get_cpu_emergency_nesting(9)
• nbcon_get_default_prio(9)
• nbcon_allow_unsafe_takeover(9)
• nbcon_legacy_emit_next_record(9)
• __nbcon_atomic_flush_pending_con(9)
• nbcon_atomic_flush_pending_con(9)
• __nbcon_atomic_flush_pending(9)
• nbcon_atomic_flush_pending(9)
• nbcon_atomic_flush_unsafe(9)
• nbcon_cpu_emergency_enter(9)
• nbcon_cpu_emergency_exit(9)
• nbcon_alloc(9)
• nbcon_free(9)
• nbcon_device_try_acquire(9)
• nbcon_device_release(9)
• nbcon_kdb_try_acquire(9)
• nbcon_kdb_release(9)
• nbcon_write_context_is_braille(9)
• nbcon_braille_try_acquire(9)
• nbcon_braille_release(9)

cute little heads-up: this page is just the wake-up helper described above, and I'm not adding extra behavior tea that isn't on the page. 💅

xoxo, source/version ./kernel/printk, date October 2026, page nbcon_kthreads_wake(9) — bye bestie! 💖✨