wdrtas_get_status(9)

💖 wdrtas_get_status(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so this is wdrtas_get_status, a kernel API manual page from section 9 (that's the kernel-functions section, iykyk), and it is literally the vibe check for your watchdog 🐕✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

wdrtas_get_status — returns the status of the watchdog 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int wdrtas_get_status (void );

that's it. that's the whole call. she takes nothing and gives you a int back 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• void — no arguments. not a single one. zero. nada. she's low-maintenance like that 🙈

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what actually comes back? a bitmask of the WDIOF_... defines — those live in include/linux/watchdog.h, so if u wanna know which bits mean what, that's where u go 👑

it's giving "just a quick status check" and honestly? iconic. no cap 💯

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file itself: ./drivers/watchdog/wdrtas.c — go read it, it's right there 🍓

and the whole friend group of related calls, all of them, in this exact order:

• wdrtas_set_interval(9)
• wdrtas_get_interval(9)
• wdrtas_timer_start(9)
• wdrtas_timer_stop(9)
• wdrtas_timer_keepalive(9)
• wdrtas_get_temperature(9)
• wdrtas_get_boot_status(9)
• wdrtas_ioctl(9)
• wdrtas_open(9)
• wdrtas_close(9)
• wdrtas_temp_read(9)
• wdrtas_temp_open(9)
• wdrtas_temp_close(9)
• wdrtas_reboot(9)
• wdrtas_get_tokens(9)
• wdrtas_unregister_devs(9)
• wdrtas_register_devs(9)
• wdrtas_init(9)
• wdrtas_exit(9)

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💀 reminder: this one just reads status. it does not start, stop, or feed the watchdog — for that u gotta go see the timer besties above. don't be out here assuming, fr fr.

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okay that's the whole page, no notes 💜 mwah 💋

sign-off time: this lil beauty lives in ./drivers/watchdog and it's dated October 2026 — so like, bookmark it, screenshot it, send it to the group chat, whatever u gotta do 🌈⭐🎀