wdrtas_timer_keepalive(9)

💖 wdrtas_timer_keepalive 💖

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie — section 9, kernel land, very serious stuff, but we're gonna make it make sense 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

wdrtas_timer_keepalive — the function that resets the watchdog timer so your system literally stays alive 😭👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void wdrtas_timer_keepalive (void );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• void — no arguments, babes. none. zero. it takes nothing and it needs nothing 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the vibe: wdrtas_timer_keepalive restarts the watchdog timer by calling the RTAS function event-scan, and then it just... keeps doing that 🔁 It repeats these calls as long as there are events available. so it's a little loop, and it does not stop while there's still stuff to scan, periodt.

and the details? All events will be dumped. every single one. no skipping, no holding back 💖

fr fr this is the "hey bestie the system is still here, don't reboot it" function and it's doing the absolute most so your machine doesn't panic on you 😭

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file ./drivers/watchdog/wdrtas.c
• wdrtas_set_interval(9)
• wdrtas_get_interval(9)
• wdrtas_timer_start(9)
• wdrtas_timer_stop(9)
• wdrtas_get_temperature(9)
• wdrtas_get_status(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)

like, that's the whole friend group right there and they all ate 💅✨

and that's the page!! 🌈 brought to you by the fine folks over in ./drivers/watchdog, dated October 2026 — mwah, love u, go keep those timers alive 🎀🫶💖