alarmtimer_init(9)

💖 alarmtimer_init(9) 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the real one, we're doing kernel internals today and we're gonna slay it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

alarmtimer_init — literally just initializes the alarm timer code, that's the whole vibe 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int alarmtimer_init (void );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• void — no arguments, bestie. nothing. zero. an empty group chat. it takes nothing 🫶

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so what does it actually do?? okay so, alarmtimer_init initializes the alarm bases and registers the posix clock ids. that's it, that's the whole thing. iconic behavior honestly — no cap, it just sets up the alarm bases and gets those posix clock ids registered 🔥

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

like, so many friends in this ecosystem, we love a connected community 💜

• the kernel file ./kernel/time/alarmtimer.c and struct alarm_base(9) — that's where the gang lives
• 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)
• alarmtimer_do_nsleep(9)
• alarm_timer_nsleep_restart(9)
• alarm_timer_nsleep(9)

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ngl bestie, that's the entire page — it's a short one and we ate it UP 💅✨

and that's a wrap!! this came out of ./kernel/time, dated October 2026, page alarmtimer_init(9) — mwah, sending you a lil kiss goodbye, go init some alarms 🍓🧚💖