cpuidle_poll_time(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to cpuidle_poll_time from the Kernel API Manual — she’s literally here to return the amount of time to poll for. And yes, governors can override dev->poll_limit_ns if necessary, no cap. 💅

this is giving short-but-iconic helper energy, and we’re obsessed. 🫶

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

__cpuidle u64 cpuidle_poll_time (struct cpuidle_driver *drv , struct cpuidle_device *dev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• drv — the cpuidle driver tied with the cpu. literally the driver bestie for this cpu. 🦋
• dev — the cpuidle device. that’s the device in question, periodt. 🌸

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Kernel file: ./drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c — and the whole squad is right here:

• cpuidle_play_dead(9)
• cpuidle_use_deepest_state(9)
• cpuidle_find_deepest_state(9)
• cpuidle_enter_s2idle(9)
• cpuidle_enter_state(9)
• cpuidle_select(9)
• cpuidle_enter(9)
• cpuidle_reflect(9)
• cpuidle_install_idle_handler(9)
• cpuidle_uninstall_idle_handler(9)
• cpuidle_pause_and_lock(9)
• cpuidle_resume_and_unlock(9)
• cpuidle_enable_device(9)
• cpuidle_disable_device(9)
• __cpuidle_register_device(9)
• cpuidle_register_device(9)
• cpuidle_unregister_device(9)
• cpuidle_unregister(9)
• cpuidle_register(9)
• cpuidle_init(9)

xoxo 💖 source/version vibes: ./drivers/cpuidle · date: October 2026 · periodt. 🌈