div_frac(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

div_frac — divide two fixed-point numbers. That's the whole vibe, bestie. This page is serving straight from the Kernel API Manual, and it's lowkey iconic.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

s64 div_frac (s64 x , s64 y );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• x — the dividend. That's the number getting divided, periodt.
• y — the divisor. That's the number doing the dividing, no cap.

🦋 RETURN 🦋

It returns the result of dividing two fixed-point numbers. And yes, the result is also a fixed-point number — the fixed-point energy stays fixed-point. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/thermal/gov_power_allocator.c, plus the whole squad:

• mul_frac(9)
• struct power_actor(9)
• struct power_allocator_params(9)
• estimate_sustainable_power(9)
• estimate_pid_constants(9)
• get_sustainable_power(9)
• pid_controller(9)
• power_actor_set_power(9)
• divvy_up_power(9)
• get_governor_trips(9)
• check_power_actors(9)
• power_allocator_bind(9)

okay that's the whole page 🫶 source/version: ./drivers/thermal; date: October 2026. catch you in div_frac(9) land — mwah 💋✨