vt_clr_kbd_mode_bit(9)

💅 vt_clr_kbd_mode_bit(9) — Kernel API Manual 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the vt_clr_kbd_mode_bit page from the Kernel API Manual. The NAME line says it’s for “read keyboard status bits,” and we are keeping that exactly as the page says it. ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void vt_clr_kbd_mode_bit (unsigned int console , int bit );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• console — the console to read from, bestie.
• bit — the mode bit to read.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

This reports back a vt mode bit. The tea is: it does this without locking, so the caller has to be sure that there are no synchronization needs. No cap, that part is on you. 💀

Locking? Not here. So please don’t roll up with synchronization needs and expect this function to handle them. 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c

Also go look at vt_get_leds(9), vt_set_led_state(9), vt_kbd_con_start(9), vt_kbd_con_stop(9), vt_do_diacrit(9), vt_do_kdskbmode(9), vt_do_kdskbmeta(9), vt_do_kdgkbmeta(9), vt_reset_unicode(9), vt_get_shift_state(9), vt_reset_keyboard(9), vt_get_kbd_mode_bit(9), and vt_set_kbd_mode_bit(9). It’s giving “keyboard lore deep dive,” and honestly? Obsessed. 🫶

Source/version: ./drivers/tty/vt · date: October 2026 · page: vt_clr_kbd_mode_bit(9) — mwah, that’s the whole footer, bestie 💖✨