pty_start(9)

💅 pty_start(9) — Kernel API Manual 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the pty_start(9) page ✨ the manual name is Kernel API Manual, and this is the whole vibe: start/stop handlers for the pty world 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

pty_start — start() handler, and pty_stop — stop() handler 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void pty_start (struct tty_struct *tty );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• tty — the tty being flow-controlled 🌀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

It propagates the TIOCPKT status to the master pty. 🌈

NB: only the master pty can be in packet mode, so only the slave needs start/stop handlers — that's the note, bestie, no cap 💅

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file: ./drivers/tty/pty.c 📂 — and the whole squad:

• pty_write(9)
• pty_write_room(9)
• pty_resize(9)
• pty_common_install(9)
• ptm_open_peer(9)
• ptm_unix98_lookup(9)
• pts_unix98_lookup(9)
• ptmx_open(9)

okay that's the page, bestie 🫶 — source/version: ./drivers/tty · date: October 2026 · page: pty_start(9) — mwah 💋