vt_get_kbd_mode_bit(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the vt_get_kbd_mode_bit(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, that’s the manual name, folded in right here so we can get into the good stuff 💖. This function is literally here to read keyboard status bits. iconic behavior, no cap ✨.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int vt_get_kbd_mode_bit (unsigned int console , int bit );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• console — the console to read from 🖥️
• bit — the mode bit to read 🔍

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So what does it do? It reports back a vt mode bit. That’s the whole main-character job 💫.

But here’s the plot twist, bestie: it does this without locking, so the caller must be sure that there are no synchronization needs 😭. Like, fr fr, that part is not a vibe you can skip — the caller has to be sure. 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c is the source-file bestie to peek at 👀, and the whole reference friend group is:

• 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_set_kbd_mode_bit(9)
• vt_clr_kbd_mode_bit(9)

mwah 💋 source/version: ./drivers/tty/vt · date: October 2026 · page: vt_get_kbd_mode_bit(9) — byeee, slay 🫶✨