intel_tcc_get_temp(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this is intel_tcc_get_temp(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it literally returns the current temperature. bestie, that’s the whole vibe. periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int intel_tcc_get_temp (int cpu , int *temp , bool pkg );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• cpu — the cpu that the MSR should be run on; a negative value means any cpu. iykyk, negative = any cpu.
• temp — pointer to the memory for saving cpu temperature. not the temp itself, the place it goes, bestie.
• pkg — true: Package Thermal Sensor. false: Core Thermal Sensor.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Get the current temperature returned by the CPU core/package level thermal sensor, in degrees C. so depending on pkg, you’re asking the core sensor or the package sensor, and it gives you the temp in Celsius. slay.

🔥 RETURN 🔥

0 on success, negative error code otherwise. no cap, that’s the whole return situation.

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• Kernel file ./drivers/thermal/intel/intel_tcc.c
• struct temp_masks(9)
• intel_tcc_get_offset_mask(9)
• get_temp_mask(9)
• intel_tcc_get_tjmax(9)
• intel_tcc_get_offset(9)
• intel_tcc_set_offset(9)

mwah 💅 this page lives under ./drivers/thermal/intel and is dated October 2026 — that’s the source/version + date footer energy, bestie 🫶✨