tty_kopen_shared(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 tty_kopen_shared — kernel API manual, section 9 🎀

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual, section 9 (that's the kernel-functions girlies ✨), and today's main character is tty_kopen_shared. no cap, it's a whole vibe.

✨ NAME ✨

tty_kopen_shared — open a tty device for shared in-kernel use 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct tty_struct * tty_kopen_shared (dev_t device );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • device — the dev_t of the device you wanna open. that's it, that's the whole argument, she's low maintenance 💅

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

So here's the tea ☕: it opens an already existing tty for in-kernel use. Like, the tty is already out here living its life, and you're just pulling up.

Compared to tty_kopen_exclusive above it, it doesn't ensure to be the only user. so like. no exclusive friendgroup energy here, everybody's welcome, it's giving open house 🏠✨

Locking: identical to tty_kopen above. same rules, same energy, no cap 🔒

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/tty/tty_io.c — and a whole friendgroup of functions, fr fr:

like, that's a lot of friends but we love a well-connected icon 💀

and that's the whole page bestie 🍓 this one came straight out of ./drivers/tty, dated October 2026, and the page itself is tty_kopen_shared(9). go forth and share responsibly 🧚‍♀️💜

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