tty_ldisc_flush(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 tty_ldisc_flush(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual bestie ✨

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🎀 today's main character is tty_ldisc_flush(9) and honestly? she's short, she's sweet, she does exactly one (1) thing and she does it flawlessly. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

tty_ldisc_flush — flush the line discipline queue 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void tty_ldisc_flush (struct tty_struct *tty );

like yes that's the whole thing. that's her. 💅

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • tty — the tty you wanna flush the ldisc for 🫶 that's it, that's the whole argument, she's lowkey low-maintenance.

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so picture this: you've got a tty, right? and you want it cleansed. this function flushes the line discipline queue (if any — if any, mind you, we're not assuming 👀) for this tty, and it also flushes the tty flip buffers for it too. two-for-one. ate and left no crumbs 🔥

so yeah: line discipline queue gone, flip buffers gone, tty fresh as a daisy 🌸

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c — go read it, iykyk 📖 and here's the whole friend group, all of them, no one left behind:

ngl bestie, this one's a short read — no warnings, no bugs section, no drama 💀 just a lil flush and she's out. slay.

mwah 💜 this has been tty_ldisc_flush(9), brought to you from ./drivers/tty, dated October 2026 — periodt, that's the whole page, love u, bye 🧚✨

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