vc_sanitize_unicode(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, meet vc_sanitize_unicode(9) from the Kernel API Manual — the little function whose entire era is: replace invalid Unicode code points with U+FFFD ✨. no cap, that’s the whole glow-up: bad code point in, replacement-character energy out 💅 periodt.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int vc_sanitize_unicode (const int c );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• c — the received code point 👑. literally the code point that showed up at the function’s door.

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

Kernel file ./drivers/tty/vt/vt.c is on the SEE ALSO list, and the rest of the squad is:

• vc_font_pitch(9)
• vc_font_size(9)
• vc_do_resize(9)
• __vc_resize(9)
• vt_resize(9)
• enum vc_ctl_state(9)
• vc_translate_unicode(9)
• vt_kmsg_redirect(9)
• con_is_bound(9)
• con_is_visible(9)
• con_debug_enter(9)
• con_debug_leave(9)
• do_unregister_con_driver(9)

bye bestie — source/version ./drivers/tty/vt, dated October 2026, page vc_sanitize_unicode(9) signing off 💖🫶✨