cyclecounter_cyc2ns(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is cyclecounter_cyc2ns(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it converts cycle counter cycles to nanoseconds — literally that's the whole vibe ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

u64 cyclecounter_cyc2ns (const struct cyclecounter *cc , u64 cycles ,
       u64 mask , u64 *frac );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• cc — pointer to cycle counter. yep, the struct itself 🫶
• cycles — cycles. that's the number going in, no cap 💅
• mask — bit mask for maintaining the 'frac' field 🔥
• frac — pointer to storage for the fractional nanoseconds. it's giving "hold my tiny leftover nanoseconds" 😭

🔥 RETURN 🔥

cycle counter cycles converted to nanoseconds — that's the return, bestie, iconic behavior only 👑

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./include/linux/timecounter.h and its very slay little crew:

• struct cyclecounter(9)
• struct timecounter(9)
• timecounter_adjtime(9)
• timecounter_init(9)
• timecounter_read(9)
• timecounter_cyc2time(9)

and that's the page, periodt 💖 source/version: ./include/linux · date: October 2026 · title: cyclecounter_cyc2ns(9) — bye bestie, go convert some cycles 🌈💅