cpuidle_find_governor(9)

💅 cpuidle_find_governor(9) 💅

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and bestie, it's a short one but it's lowkey important, so let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

cpuidle_find_governor — finds a governor of the specified name 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct cpuidle_governor * cpuidle_find_governor (const char *str );

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⭐ ARGUMENTS ⭐

• str — the name 💖 like, the name of the governor you're looking for, that's it, that's the whole argument, she's simple and she knows it 🫶

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

So here's the vibe check that actually matters, bestie: you must call this with cpuidle_lock acquired. 🔒 Not optional, not "eh, I'll grab it later", no cap — the lock is already in your hand before you even think about calling this. periodt. 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/cpuidle/governor.c — the whole source file, go read her, she's iconic 💜
• cpuidle_switch_governor(9) ✨
• cpuidle_register_governor(9) ✨
• cpuidle_governor_latency_req(9) ✨

like, those are your besties in crime, they're literally all right there in the cpuidle family 🧚‍♀️

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aaaand that's the whole page 🍓 short, sweet, and to the point. this one lives in ./drivers/cpuidle, dated October 2026 — mwah, no notes, she ate 💅💖