wdt_get_status(9)

✨ NAME ✨

wdt_get_status — okay so the original NAME line is literally wdt_get_status - and then nothing after the dash. That’s not me forgetting the description, bestie, that’s the whole entry. The page itself is wdt_get_status(9), and it’s from the Kernel API Manual. Minimalist icon behavior, honestly.

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

int wdt_get_status (void );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• void — no arguments. Nothing to pass, no little params to babysit, just vibes and an empty argument list.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Okay so wdt_get_status extracts the status information from a WDT watchdog device. That’s the mission, periodt.

Plot twist: there are several board variants, so we have to know which bits are valid. Some bits default to one and some to zero in order to be maximally painful. Yes, “maximally painful” is the actual energy here, no cap.

Then we map the bits onto the status ioctl flags. That’s the mapping step, bestie, and it’s literally the whole description. The bits are giving chaos, but the function is doing its best.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/watchdog/wdt.c — that’s the file mentioned, and these are the related pages, all exact:

• wdt_start(9)
• wdt_stop(9)
• wdt_ping(9)
• wdt_set_heartbeat(9)
• wdt_get_temperature(9)
• wdt_interrupt(9)
• wdt_write(9)
• wdt_ioctl(9)
• wdt_open(9)
• wdt_release(9)
• wdt_temp_read(9)
• wdt_temp_open(9)
• wdt_temp_release(9)
• wdt_notify_sys(9)
• wdt_exit(9)
• wdt_init(9)

okay that’s the whole page, bestie! Source/version tea: ./drivers/watchdog, dated October 2026, and the page is wdt_get_status(9). Bye, love you, go read a watchdog 💅🫶