alarmtimer_do_nsleep(9)

💖 alarmtimer_do_nsleep(9) 💖

straight from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

alarmtimer_do_nsleep — the internal alarmtimer nsleep implementation 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int alarmtimer_do_nsleep (struct alarm *alarm , ktime_t absexp , enum
alarmtimer_type type );

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• alarm — a pointer to the alarmtimer, like literally the main character of this whole call 🎀
• absexp — the absolute expiration time, aka when this baby is supposed to go off ⏰
• type — the alarm type, and it's giving either BOOTTIME or REALTIME 🦋

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Okay so here's the tea: this sets the alarm timer and then sleeps until it is fired or interrupted. That's the whole vibe. 😴✨

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

Kernel file ./kernel/time/alarmtimer.c, plus all these icons:

• struct alarm_base(9)
• alarmtimer_get_rtcdev(9)
• alarmtimer_enqueue(9)
• alarmtimer_dequeue(9)
• alarmtimer_fired(9)
• alarmtimer_suspend(9)
• alarm_init(9)
• alarm_start_timer(9)
• alarm_try_to_cancel(9)
• alarm_cancel(9)
• clock2alarm(9)
• alarm_handle_timer(9)
• alarm_timer_rearm(9)
• alarm_timer_forward(9)
• alarm_timer_remaining(9)
• alarm_timer_try_to_cancel(9)
• alarm_timer_wait_running(9)
• alarm_timer_arm(9)
• alarm_clock_getres(9)
• alarm_clock_get_timespec(9)
• alarm_clock_get_ktime(9)
• alarm_timer_create(9)
• alarmtimer_nsleep_wakeup(9)
• alarm_timer_nsleep_restart(9)
• alarm_timer_nsleep(9)
• alarmtimer_init(9)

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okay that's the whole page, no cap 💜 this icon lives in ./kernel/time, dated October 2026, and it's filed under alarmtimer_do_nsleep(9) — periodt. 💅🎀