vt_event_wait(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is vt_event_wait(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the “wait for an event” page. No cap, that's the whole name. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void vt_event_wait (struct vt_event_wait *vw );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vw — our event 💅 (the page literally says “our event” — cute, concise, iconic).

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

It waits for an event to occur which completes our vt_event_wait structure. That's the vibe: you hand over the structure, and it waits for the event that finishes it. 🫶

On return the structure has wv->done set to 1 for success, or 0 if some event such as a signal ended the wait. Yes, the manpage spells it wv->done — not fixing it, not renaming it, periodt. 💀

bestie note: wv->done is exactly what the page says, so keep that spelling if you're quoting it. 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• The kernel file ./drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c 👑
• vt_event_post(9)
• vt_event_wait_ioctl(9)
• vt_waitactive(9)

xoxo, your Unix bestie 💖 — source/version: ./drivers/tty/vt, dated October 2026, all about vt_event_wait(9). 🎀🦋