clk_drop_range(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 clk_drop_range(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual edition, bestie 🎀

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (yes, that manual, the ✨clk_drop_range(9)✨ one) and it's genuinely so short you could read it in the time it takes to microwave a bagel. but every crumb matters, so let's go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

clk_drop_range — reset any range set on that clock 🌸

like, the clock had a whole range situation going on and this function is the "bestie, we're done with that" moment. periodt.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int clk_drop_range (struct clk *clk );

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. one argument, returns an int. iconic 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • clk — the clock source 👑 (the actual clock you're dropping the range on, no cap)

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns success (0) or a negative errno. 💀

yeah that's literally the whole description. not me expecting more lore 😭 but honestly? sometimes a function knows exactly what it is and refuses to elaborate. main character energy fr fr. returns 0 when it slays, negative errno when it does not slay. that's the whole story bestie 🌈

lowkey important: it's success as 0 and negative errno on the fail path — don't go assuming some other convention, iykyk 💜

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

okay this section is doing the MOST, but we're listing every single one because I would never gatekeep 🌸 and also because they're all (9) manual pages, so yes, it's a whole group chat:

  • Kernel file ./include/linux/clk.h 🦋 (that's where the source lives, bestie)

then the crew:

like I said. the whole group chat. but we got through it together 🫶✨

and that's the page!! 💖 this little legend came from the source dir ./include/linux and is dated October 2026 — so when you're citing it in your notes, that's the version and date to credit, bestie 🎀 no cap, go drop some ranges 👑💅

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