format_delay_ms(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to format_delay_ms(9) from the Kernel API Manual 🫶✨ this one is literally about turning an integer into a delay string, and it’s giving “tiny formatting helper with main character energy” 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

format_delay_ms — format an integer value into a delay string 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int format_delay_ms (unsigned int val , int ndecimals , const char
       *suffix , char *str , int size );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• val — the integer value to format, scaled by 10^(ndecimals) 💫
• ndecimals — number of decimal to scale down 🍓
• suffix — suffix string to format ✨
• str — where to store the formatted string 🫶
• size — the size of buffer for str 🧚

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so here’s the vibe: it formats an integer value in val scaled down by 10^(ndecimals) with no suffix if val is divisible by 10^(ndecimals) 👑 otherwise it formats a value in val just as it is with suffix 💅

and yes bestie, it returns the number of characters written into str — that’s the whole point, periodt ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/usb/storage/usb.c 📁
• parse_delay_str(9) 🦋

mwah 💋 this page came from ./drivers/usb/storage, dated October 2026, and it’s format_delay_ms(9) — slay and stay safe out there 💖