ktime_get_aux(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ktime_get_aux(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes we're doing kernel timekeeping today, put your hair up, we're going in 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ktime_get_aux — get the time for a AUX clock 🕰️

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool ktime_get_aux (clockid_t id , ktime_t *kt );

literally the whole signature, no cap. it hands you back a bool, takes a clockid_t and a pointer to a ktime_t, that's the vibe 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • id — the ID of the clock you wanna read (the CLOCK_AUX... family, iykyk). pick your clock, bestie, like picking a fit 👑
  • kt — a pointer to the ktime_t where the timestamp gets stored. this is where the magic lands 🪄

⭐ RETURN ⭐

True if the timestamp is valid, false otherwise 🫶

so like — check it. don't just assume. the function is literally telling you whether it ate or not 😭

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

okay this list is long long, so buckle in, we're doing the whole friend group 👑

Kernel file ./kernel/time/timekeeping.c:

like I said. the whole group chat 💀

lowkey reminder: ktime_get_aux gives you a AUX clock read, and its boolean return is your vibe check — True means the timestamp is valid, false means nope 🙈

and that's the page, bestie! brought to you by ./kernel/time, dated October 2026 — mwah, go read some timekeeping source, ily 🌈💖

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