batadv_has_timed_out(9)

💅 batadv_has_timed_out(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so this is batadv_has_timed_out, straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally just the vibes check on whether something's expired. that's it. that's the function. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_has_timed_out — compares current time (jiffies) and timestamp + timeout

like, it takes the clock right now, and it takes your timestamp plus your timeout, and it's like "which one's bigger, bestie?" 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool batadv_has_timed_out (unsigned long timestamp , unsigned int
timeout );

returns a bool, takes an unsigned long timestamp and an unsigned int timeout. no notes. iconic signature tbh. ⭐

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• timestamp — the base value you're comparing against, in jiffies. this is your anchor, your starting point, your main character moment. 💖
• timeout — the thing that gets added to that base value before the comparing happens, in milliseconds. yes, milliseconds — different unit from timestamp, and that's just how it is, no cap. 🦋

ngl the units being different (jiffies vs milliseconds) is the whole twist of this function, so don't sleep on it. 🙈

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

true if the current time is after timestamp + timeout.

that's the entire condition. current time > timestamp + timeout → true. otherwise you're getting false, and honestly? relatable. 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/main.h, plus the whole squad:

• BATADV_TP_MAX_NUM(9)
• enum batadv_mesh_state(9)
• enum batadv_uev_action(9)
• enum batadv_uev_type(9)
• batadv_print_vid(9)
• batadv_compare_eth(9)
• batadv_atomic_dec_not_zero(9)
• batadv_smallest_signed_int(9)
• batadv_seq_before(9)
• batadv_seq_after(9)
• batadv_add_counter(9)
• batadv_inc_counter(9)
• BATADV_SKB_CB(9)

go read them all, bestie, they're literally right there — it's giving study group energy 📚✨

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