FUNCTION::CPU_CLOCK_(3stap)

✨ FUNCTION::CPU_CLOCK_(3stap) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Timestamp Functions corner of the 3stap manual 💖 this one's a lil baby page but it's lowkey iconic, so let's get into it 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

function::cpu_clock_ns — the number of nanoseconds on the given cpu's clock 🕰️✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

cpu_clock_ns:long(cpu:long)

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💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• cpu — which processor's clock we're reading, bestie. just tell it which one 👑

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so this function returns the number of nanoseconds on the clock of the cpu you handed it. that's the whole vibe 💫

and here's the tea: it's always monotonic when you're comparing on the same cpu — like, it never goes backwards on you, no cap 🫶 but between different cpus? there may be some drift (within about a jiffy) 🙈 so don't go comparing clocks across cpus and acting surprised, iykyk 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

tapset::timestamp_monotonic(3stap)

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not me finishing a whole manpage in one sitting 💀 go read the tapset one next, fr fr 🌸

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mwah 💋 this was the SystemTap Tapset Reference, version Ver, dated September 2026 — stan a timestamp function, periodt ✨