wdrtas_temp_open(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 wdrtas_temp_open ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — this is the glow-up of wdrtas_temp_open(9) and honestly it's a short one but she's iconic 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

wdrtas_temp_open — the open function of the temperature device, and yes she is literally the main character of the open() moment 🔥

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int wdrtas_temp_open (struct inode *inode , struct file *file );

like, that's the whole vibe check right there 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • inode — the inode structure 🧚 she's the file-system-side representation of your device node, serving looks as always
  • file — the file structure 💖 the open-file-side representation, matching energy

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

okay so the way this works: she returns 0 on success, and <0 on failure 😭 (a negative return means something went wrong, no cap — do not ignore it, that's the vibe check failing fr fr).

literally the function that gets called when the temperature device is opened 🫶 that's it. that's the whole job. and she ate. 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the Kernel file ./drivers/watchdog/wdrtas.c — go read her, she's the source of truth 💜

and then the whole friend group of siblings and cousins, all in section 9:

like, that's a whole group chat and every single one of them is in there 💀✨

🎀 quick reminder bestie: 0 = slay, <0 = something's off, check it. 💅

and that's the page! 💖 this little gem lives under ./drivers/watchdog, dated October 2026, and it's filed as wdrtas_temp_open(9) — iykyk 🦋✨ periodt. 👑

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