set_selection_user(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is the set_selection_user(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ and it is literally here to set the current selection. that's the whole name vibe, no cap 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int set_selection_user (const struct tiocl_selection __user *sel ,
struct tty_struct *tty );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• sel — user selection info, aka the deets of the selection 💅
• tty — the console tty, the terminal bestie in question 🖥️

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this function gets invoked by the ioctl handle for the vt layer — iykyk 👑

Locking: the entire selection process is managed under the console_lock 🔒. it's a lot under the lock, but it's hardly a performance path, so don't come for it for being slow, bestie 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
• clear_selection(9)
• sel_loadlut(9)

mwah 💖 this page is from ./drivers/tty/vt, dated October 2026, and is literally set_selection_user(9). byeee, slay your selection journey ✨🫶