clockevents_...se_min_delta(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 clockevents_...se_min_delta(9)

okay so real talk, this is from the Kernel API Manual and the page name is lowkey cursed — clockevents_...se_min_delta(9) — like the middle of the word got eaten by the terminal width 😭 but bestie we move, the actual function is clockevents_increase_min_delta and it's giving very specific little helper energy.

✨ NAME ✨

clockevents_increase_min_delta — raises the minimum delta of a clock event device 🕰️

Like, it bumps the floor. The minimum delta goes up. That's the whole personality.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int clockevents_increase_min_delta (struct clock_event_device *dev );

That's it. One function, one pointer, one int coming back at you. Chef's kiss 🫶

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • dev — the device whose minimum delta you're increasing. it's the struct clock_event_device *, it's the main character, it's the one getting its minimum delta raised. no dev, no vibes ✨

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so the actual behaviour, no cap:

  • returns 0 on success 💚 like yay we did it
  • returns -ETIME when the minimum delta reached the limit 🚫⏰ — that's the ceiling, bestie, you cannot go higher, the limit has been reached, -ETIME is the answer

that's literally the whole description and honestly? respectfully? it understood the assignment and left. iconic.

ngl the page is short but the details are load-bearing — 0 means success, -ETIME means you hit the limit. don't mix them up 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file lives at ./kernel/time/clockevents.c and honestly go read it, but also here's the whole friend group:

and yes, clockevents_program_min_delta(9) is in there twice — not a typo on my part, that's literally what the page says, so I'm keeping both. twice the mention, twice the slay 🌈✨

and that's the page!! mwah 💖

cute little sign-off for the credits: this one lives under ./kernel/time, dated October 2026, and it's filed under clockevents_...se_min_delta(9) — same cursed truncated name, still cute, still here 🎀🫶⭐

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