reset_control_release(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ reset_control_release(9) ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's giving "tiny function, big responsibilities" 🎀 we're in reset_control_release territory, bestie, and it's exactly what it sounds like. let's get into it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

reset_control_release — releases exclusive access to a reset control

like, you had the keys to the VIP section and now you're handing them back 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void reset_control_release (struct reset_control *rstc );

literally one argument, one job, no drama. keep it exactly like that, spaces and all, iykyk 😭

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • rstc — the reset control. that's it. that's the whole argument. she's the reset control in question 👑

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this function releases exclusive access right to a reset control that you previously got by calling reset_control_acquire.

and here's the part that actually matters, lowkey the main character of the whole page: until a consumer calls this function, no other consumers will be granted exclusive access. periodt. no cap. if you're holding it, nobody else gets in until you let go 🙈

so yeah — call it when you're done, bestie. don't be the person who never returns the aux cord 💀

See also: reset_control_acquire — her counterpart, the one who gave you the keys in the first place 🎀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, fr fr 💜 and hey, don't skip these — they're the rest of the reset subsystem and they're all iconic in their own way:

Kernel file ./drivers/reset/core.c

quick reminder bestie: exclusive access STAYS exclusive until you actually call this. there's no auto-cleanup fairy coming to do it for you, so like… don't forget 💀

and that's the whole page!! 🧚 mwah 💋

this gem lives over in ./drivers/reset, version-dated October 2026 — so yeah, stay cozy, stay released, and go return your reset control 🍓💖

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