tty_ldisc_close(9)

✨ tty_ldisc_close — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the tty_ldisc_close page from the Kernel API Manual 💅 we are literally in the tty layer now, it's giving very niche, very demure, very drivers/tty. buckle up 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

tty_ldisc_close — close a line discipline 🫶

like, that's it, that's the whole job. she closes.

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

void tty_ldisc_close (struct tty_struct *tty , struct tty_ldisc *ld );

no cap, that's the exact signature, copy-paste it carefully bestie, don't be out here renaming things 🙈

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• tty — the tty we are opening the ldisc on. yes queen, the tty in question ✨
• ld — the discipline to close. this is the one getting the goodbye kiss 😭

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so here's the tea ☕ — this is a helper close method. that's the vibe. she helps. she closes. she goes home.

and plot twist: it's also a convenient debugging and check point 👀 so if you're poking around in there wondering what's happening, this is a whole spot to look at. iykyk 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c — the mothership, the main character file 👑
• tty_register_ldisc(9)
• tty_unregister_ldisc(9)
• tty_ldisc_get(9)
• tty_ldisc_put(9)
• tty_ldisc_ref_wait(9)
• tty_ldisc_ref(9)
• tty_ldisc_deref(9)
• tty_ldisc_flush(9)
• tty_set_termios_ldisc(9)
• tty_ldisc_open(9)
• tty_ldisc_failto(9)
• tty_ldisc_restore(9)
• tty_set_ldisc(9)
• tty_ldisc_kill(9)
• tty_reset_termios(9)
• tty_ldisc_reinit(9)
• tty_ldisc_hangup(9)
• tty_ldisc_setup(9)
• tty_ldisc_release(9)
• tty_ldisc_init(9)
• tty_ldisc_deinit(9)

the whole ldisc friend group fr fr, go read all of them, they ate 🍓

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ok that's the page!! sourced from ./drivers/tty, dated October 2026, and yes the page name is still tty_ldisc_close(9) because we keep it iconic 💜 mwah, go close some line disciplines responsibly bestie 🧚✨