PR_GET_TIMING(2const)

✨ NAME ✨

PR_GET_TIMING — bestie, this is the one that tells you which process timing mode is currently in use 💖 (it's a prctl(2) operation, so it lives in the PR_GET_TIMING(2const) girlies' club 🎀)

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📚 LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc) — yeah she's just sitting right there in libc, no extra drama needed 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS

#include <linux/prctl.h>  /* Definition of PR_* constants */
#include <sys/prctl.h>

int prctl(PR_GET_TIMING);

okay so you literally just call prctl with one argument and that's the whole vibe ✨

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💅 DESCRIPTION

Return which process timing method is currently in use.

That's it. That's the girl. She reads the current timing mode and hands it back to you, no side quests, no notes 💜

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🌈 RETURN VALUE

On success, PR_GET_TIMING returns the nonnegative value described above 👑

On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error 😭 (yes, the classic -1 + errno combo, we know her)

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👑 STANDARDS

Linux.

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🦋 HISTORY

Linux 2.6.0. She's been iconic since day one, fr fr ⭐

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🔥 SEE ALSO

• prctl(2)
• PR_SET_TIMING(2const)

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no cap, that's the whole page bestie 💖 go forth and vibe check your timing mode 🌸

this lil masterpiece comes to you from Linux man-pages 6.20, dated 2026-02-08 🎀 mwah, drink some water, ily 🫶