input_get_timestamp(9)

💖 input_get_timestamp(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — we're doing input_get_timestamp today and it's honestly a little guy with a big job 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

input_get_timestamp — literally just: grab the timestamp for input events ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

ktime_t * input_get_timestamp (struct input_dev *dev );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the input device you're pulling the timestamp from. that's it, that's the whole argument 💅

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so here's the vibe check: a valid timestamp is a timestamp with a non-zero value. that's the rule, no cap 🔥

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

listen, this function rolls with a huge friend group — the whole kernel file ./drivers/input/input.c plus:

• input_event(9)
• input_inject_event(9)
• input_alloc_absinfo(9)
• input_copy_abs(9)
• input_grab_device(9)
• input_release_device(9)
• input_open_device(9)
• input_close_device(9)
• input_scancode_to_scalar(9)
• input_default_setkeycode(9)
• input_get_keycode(9)
• input_set_keycode(9)
• input_reset_device(9)
• input_allocate_device(9)
• devm_input_allocate_device(9)
• input_free_device(9)
• input_set_timestamp(9)
• input_set_capability(9)
• input_enable_softrepeat(9)
• input_register_device(9)
• input_unregister_device(9)
• input_register_handler(9)
• input_unregister_handler(9)
• input_handler_for_each_handle(9)
• input_register_handle(9)
• input_unregister_handle(9)
• input_get_new_minor(9)
• input_free_minor(9)

and that's the whole page, bestie — no notes, iconic behavior only 💜

🧚 cute little sign-off: this one lives in ./drivers/input, dated October 2026, and yes it's still input_get_timestamp(9) — slay 🌈