idpf_ptp_do_aux_work(9)

🎀 idpf_ptp_do_aux_work 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for idpf_ptp_do_aux_work — this is the lil function that does the PTP periodic work, and honestly? it's giving "quietly keeping the clock accurate so nobody notices" main character energy ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

idpf_ptp_do_aux_work — Do PTP periodic work 🕰️💖

like, it's the periodic-work girlie. that's the whole vibe. periodt.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

long idpf_ptp_do_aux_work (struct ptp_clock_info *info );

no cap, that's the exact signature — long return, one pointer, done. 🫶

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💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• info — the driver's PTP info structure 🗂️✨ this is literally the struct it needs to do the thing, iykyk.

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

Returns the number of jiffies to periodic work ⏱️💫 (yes, jiffies — the kernel's own lil unit of time, she's iconic, don't question her).

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole friend group, fr fr — every single one of these:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_ptp.c 📁
• idpf_ptp_get_access(9)
• idpf_ptp_get_features_access(9)
• idpf_ptp_enable_shtime(9)
• idpf_ptp_read_src_clk_reg_direct(9)
• idpf_ptp_read_src_clk_reg_mailbox(9)
• idpf_ptp_read_src_clk_reg(9)
• idpf_ptp_get_sync_device_time_direct(9)
• idpf_ptp_get_sync_device_time_mailbox(9)
• idpf_ptp_get_sync_device_time(9)
• idpf_ptp_get_crosststamp(9)
• idpf_ptp_gettimex64(9)
• idpf_ptp_update_phctime_rxq_grp(9)
• idpf_ptp_update_cached_phctime(9)
• idpf_ptp_settime64(9)
• idpf_ptp_adjtime_nonatomic(9)
• idpf_ptp_adjtime(9)
• idpf_ptp_adjfine(9)
• idpf_ptp_verify_pin(9)
• idpf_ptp_gpio_enable(9)
• idpf_ptp_tstamp_extend_32b_to_64b(9)
• idpf_ptp_extend_ts(9)
• idpf_ptp_request_ts(9)
• idpf_ptp_set_rx_tstamp(9)
• idpf_ptp_set_timestamp_mode(9)
• idpf_tstamp_task(9)
• idpf_ptp_set_caps(9)
• idpf_ptp_create_clock(9)
• idpf_ptp_release_vport_tstamp(9)
• idpf_ptp_release_tstamp(9)
• idpf_ptp_get_txq_tstamp_capability(9)
• idpf_ptp_init(9)
• idpf_ptp_release(9)

like, that's the whole gc right there 💀💖

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ngl this one's short and sweet — no warning labels, no scary caveats, just vibes and a jiffies return value. slay. 🌈

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that's a wrap bestie 🫶 this cutie came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf, dated October 2026, and the page title is idpf_ptp_do_aux_work(9) — go forth and do your periodic work, queen 👑✨🎀