FUNCTION::READ_STOPW(3stap)

💖 NAME 💖

function::read_stopwatch_ns — bestie, this one reads the time in nanoseconds for a stopwatch ✨

It's a SystemTap tapset function, living in section 3stap of the manual, in case you were wondering where to find her 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

read_stopwatch_ns:long(name:string)

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• name — the stopwatch name, queen. That's literally it, that's the whole assignment 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Okay so what she does is: she returns the time in nanoseconds for the stopwatch called name. And if that stopwatch doesn't currently exist? No worries, she just creates name right then and there. Lowkey making new friends on the fly, we love that for her 🫶

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

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

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And that's a wrap, babe — this page is from the SystemTap Tapset Reference, version number something-something, dated September 2026. Slay, periodt 💅✨