clocksource_khz2mult(9)

💅 clocksource_khz2mult(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes, that's the whole vibe, and honestly? We're slaying in the kernel today ✨ This one's a tiny little helper in ./include/linux/clocksource.h-land and it's literally the glow-up your khz frequency never knew it needed 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

clocksource_khz2mult — calculates mult from khz and shift 💖

Like, that's it. That's the whole job. It takes your frequency in kHz and your shift factor and hands you back a multiplier. No cap ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

u32 clocksource_khz2mult (u32 khz , u32 shift_constant );

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💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• khz — your Clocksource frequency in KHz, bestie 🌈 This is the actual number we're mathing on.
• shift_constant — the Clocksource shift factor ✨ the how-much-are-we-shifting-by of it all.

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

So the way this works: these are helper functions that convert a khz counter frequency into a clocksource multiplier 💖 And you don't just do that in the void — nah, you do it given the clocksource shift value 👑 So like, khz + shift_constant in, mult out. Iconic behaviour, truly 🧚

it's a helper function, so it's not out here being a main character — it's the supportive bestie to the bigger clocksource machinery 🫶

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💀 SEE ALSO 💀

• Kernel file ./include/linux/clocksource.h struct
• clocksource_hw_snapshot(9)
• struct clocksource(9)
• clocksource_hz2mult(9)
• clocksource_cyc2ns(9)
• struct clocksource_base(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💜

cute lil sign-off: this came from the source at ./include/linux and it's dated October 2026 🌸 mwah, go convert some frequencies responsibly 🎀💅