wdrtas_timer_stop(9)
π wdrtas_timer_stop(9) π
okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this page is about wdrtas_timer_stop β the little function that says "okay watchdog, nap time" πΆπ€ it's giving very demure, very mindful, very stopped.
β¨ NAME β¨
wdrtas_timer_stop β stops watchdog ππ
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
void wdrtas_timer_stop (void );
like... that's the whole thing. no arguments, no drama, no cap π
π ARGUMENTS π
voidβ no arguments, bestie. zero. none. the function wants for nothing πβ¨
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
okay so here's the tea β β wdrtas_timer_stop stops the watchdog timer. how, you ask? it does it by calling the RTAS function set-interval (surveillance). that's it, that's the whole vibe. the watchdog gets told to chill and it chills π§ββοΈ
like literally, the entire personality of this function is "stop the watchdog via RTAS set-interval (surveillance)" and honestly? iconic. it knows what it is π
π SEE ALSO π
the kernel file ./drivers/watchdog/wdrtas.c and its whole friend group, fr fr β every single one of these cuties:
wdrtas_set_interval(9)wdrtas_get_interval(9)wdrtas_timer_start(9)wdrtas_timer_keepalive(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)
π quick reminder bestie: this page is served fresh from./drivers/watchdog, stamped October 2026, and it's literally calledwdrtas_timer_stop(9)β iykyk π«Άβ¨π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
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