busy_loop_ep_timeout(9)

💅 busy_loop_ep_timeout(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the busy_loop_ep_timeout(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one is short and sweet, and it's literally about checking whether a busy poll has timed out ⏰

🌸 NAME 🌸

busy_loop_ep_timeout — check if busy poll has timed out. The timeout value from the epoll instance ep is preferred, but if it is not set, fallback to the system-wide global via busy_loop_timeout. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool busy_loop_ep_timeout (unsigned long start_time , struct eventpoll *ep );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• start_time — the start time used to compute the remaining time until timeout. ⏳
• ep — pointer to the eventpoll context. 🌀

💖 RETURN 💖

true if the timeout has expired, false otherwise. No cap. ✅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./fs/eventpoll.c, plus these other pages: reverse_path_check(9), ep_poll(9), ep_loop_check_proc(9), ep_loop_check(9). iykyk 👑

that's the whole vibe, bestie — this page lives in ./fs, dated October 2026, and it's the busy_loop_ep_timeout(9) manual page. bye and slay 💅💖