reset_control_assert(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ NAME ✨

reset_control_assert — asserts the reset line 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int reset_control_assert (struct reset_control *rstc );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • rstc — the reset controller, bestie. that's your whole vibe check right there 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so real talk, here's the tea ☕:

Calling this on an exclusive reset controller guarantees that the reset will be asserted. periodt, no cap, it's locked in 🔥

But when you call it on a shared reset controller? mm, the line may still be deasserted, as long as other users keep it that way. it's giving "you're not the main character here" energy 😭. shared means shared, babes.

For shared reset controls, a driver cannot expect the hw's registers and internal state to be reset — but it MUST be prepared for this to happen. like, be ready for anything, keep that guard up 🙈.

⚠️ also, consumers must not use reset_control_reset on shared reset lines when reset_control_(de)assert has been used. that's a hard no, don't do it, i'm literally begging 🫶

and if rstc is NULL? it's an optional reset, and the function will just return 0. slay, no drama, it just vibes on by ✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file ./drivers/reset/core.c plus all these icons, go read them, iykwim 💜:

k bye bestie, go assert those lines responsibly 💅✨

this lil page came from ./drivers/reset, dated October 2026 — mwah, stay iconic 🍓🧚

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