ips_cpu_busy(9)

💅 ips_cpu_busy(9) 💅

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for ips_cpu_busy(9) — yes bestie, we’re doing kernel API lore today, and it’s giving “tiny function, big main-character energy.” 🫶✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ips_cpu_busy - is CPU busy?

literally the CPU vibe check. 😭💻

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool ips_cpu_busy (struct ips_driver *ips );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ips — the IPS driver struct. that’s the whole argument, no cap 🎀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

It checks CPU load to figure out whether the thermal budget should increase. So yeah: it’s peeking at CPU load and asking, “should we give this thing more power budget?” Lowkey iconic. ✨🔥

⭐ RETURN ⭐

True if the CPU could use more power, false otherwise. that’s the tea. 💅

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c — go read the source, bestie, iykyk. 👑

• ips_cpu_raise(9)
• ips_cpu_lower(9)
• do_enable_cpu_turbo(9)
• ips_enable_cpu_turbo(9)
• do_disable_cpu_turbo(9)
• ips_disable_cpu_turbo(9)
• ips_gpu_busy(9)
• ips_gpu_raise(9)
• ips_gpu_lower(9)
• ips_enable_gpu_turbo(9)
• ips_disable_gpu_turbo(9)
• mcp_exceeded(9)
• cpu_exceeded(9)
• mch_exceeded(9)
• verify_limits(9)
• update_turbo_limits(9)
• ips_adjust(9)
• ips_monitor(9)
• ips_irq_handler(9)
• ips_detect_cpu(9)
• ips_get_i915_syms(9)

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byeee 💖 this iconic page’s source/version is ./drivers/platform/x86, the date is October 2026, and it’s the ips_cpu_busy(9) manual — mwah 💋✨