wdt_init(9)

✨ wdt_init(9) — NAME ✨

okay so this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and the NAME section is literally wdt_init followed by a dash and, like, zero description after it. Mysterious? Yes. Iconic? Also yes. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int wdt_init (void );

it returns an int and takes void — that's the whole vibe check, bestie.

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• void — no arguments. Not a single one. 🫶

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Setting up the WDT watchdog board is the main character task here. All we have to do is grab the resources we require and, fr fr, bitch if anyone beat us to them 😤. The open function will actually kick the board off — so this init is giving setup era, not action era. ✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file: ./drivers/watchdog/wdt.c

The whole watchdog squad, in order:

• wdt_start(9)
• wdt_stop(9)
• wdt_ping(9)
• wdt_set_heartbeat(9)
• wdt_get_status(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)

mwah 💋 stay cozy, bestie — source/version: ./drivers/watchdog; date: October 2026.