input_set_timestamp(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

hii bestie 💖 welcome to input_set_timestamp(9) from the Kernel API Manual — yes, we're doing kernel vibes today, and this page is lowkey important ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

input_set_timestamp — sets the timestamp for input events 🕰️💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void input_set_timestamp (struct input_dev *dev , ktime_t timestamp );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • dev — the input device you're setting the timestamp for 💖
  • timestamp — the time at which the event has occurred, in CLOCK_MONOTONIC ⏰✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the whole point of this function is giving the input system a more accurate time of when an event actually occurred 😌 no cap, that's the vibe.

The driver should call this function as soon as a timestamp is acquired — that's how the clock conversions in input_set_timestamp get done correctly 🫶⏳

⚠️ heads up bestie: if the system enters suspend state between timestamp acquisition and calling input_set_timestamp, that can result in inaccurate conversions 😭💀 like, fr fr, that's the caveat.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

that's the whole page, bestie 🫶💖 source/version: ./drivers/input · date: October 2026 🌈⭐

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