FUNCTION::CPU_CLOCK_(3stap)

✨ FUNCTION::CPU_CLOCK_(3stap) ✨

ok so bestie, welcome to the FUNCTION::CPU_CLOCK_(3stap) page from the SystemTap Tapset Reference 💖 this is one of the timestamp girlies, and she's about to tell you what time it is on your CPU's very own clock 🕰️✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

function::cpu_clock_s — number of seconds on the given cpu's clock 👑

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

cpu_clock_s:long(cpu:long)

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• cpu — which processor's clock you wanna read, bestie 🫶 like, whose clock are we peeking at

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so here's the tea ☕ this function returns the number of seconds on the given cpu's clock. that's it. that's the whole vibe ✨

and like, lowkey the important part: it's always monotonic when you're comparing on the same cpu 🥰 so on one cpu it only ever goes forward, no little time-travel jumps, no cap. but — and this is the plot twist 🙈 — there may be some drift between cpus, and that drift can be within about a jiffy. so it's giving "trust me on this one cpu, but don't @ me across cpus" 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• tapset::timestamp_monotonic(3stap) — go read this one too, iykyk 📖💜

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SystemTap Tapset Reference, Ver — September 2026 🎀 that's the version and the date, mwah, bye bestie, go timestamp something iconic 💅✨🦋