rtlock_slowlock_locked(9)

💖 rtlock_slowlock_locked(9) 💖

hiii welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie 💅 this is the rtlock_slowlock_locked(9) page, and it's all about the slow path lock acquisition for RT locks — yes, the slow path, and no, that doesn't mean it's slacking, it means it's doing the careful part of the lock dance 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

rtlock_slowlock_locked — slow path lock acquisition for RT locks. That's the whole vibe: it's the slow-path lock acquisition helper for RT locks, and it's literally here to do exactly that 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void rtlock_slowlock_locked (struct rt_mutex_base *lock , struct wake_q_head *wake_q );

It returns void, so there's no return value to obsess over — the function just does its thing and exits the chat 😌

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• lock — the underlying RT mutex, aka the thing being locked. Main character energy, honestly 🔒👑
• wake_q — the wake_q to wake tasks after we release the wait_lock. That's the assignment, no cap: it's the wake queue for waking tasks after the wait_lock gets released 🦋

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./kernel/locking/rtmutex.c — that's where this whole situation lives, bestie 📁
• rt_mutex_slowlock_block(9)
• __rt_mutex_slowlock(9)

okay but fr fr, if you're poking around RT mutex slow paths, those two related pages are your next stops — rt_mutex_slowlock_block(9) and __rt_mutex_slowlock(9), periodt 💅

xoxo, your kernel bestie 💜 — from source ./kernel/locking, dated October 2026, page rtlock_slowlock_locked(9). mwah 😘