pty_resize(9)

💅 pty_resize(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the pty_resize(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — it's giving kernel-level resize realness, and yes, we're gonna read it together 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

pty_resize — resize event. That's the whole vibe: it's the resize event, periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int pty_resize (struct tty_struct *tty , struct winsize *ws );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• tty — the tty that's being resized 🫶
• ws — the window size that's being set ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: pty_resize updates the termios variables and sends the necessary signals so a terminal resize happens correctly. That's it, that's the whole slay. No cap, it's literally making the resize behave 💅

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

• the kernel file: ./drivers/tty/pty.c 👀
• pty_write(9)
• pty_write_room(9)
• pty_start(9)
• pty_common_install(9)
• ptm_open_peer(9)
• ptm_unix98_lookup(9)
• pts_unix98_lookup(9)
• ptmx_open(9)

source/version: ./drivers/tty · date: October 2026 — bye bestie, go resize something cute 💖✨