ktime_get_real_ns(9)

✨ ktime_get_real_ns ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's a tiny lil legend from ./include/linux/timekeeping.h and honestly she's iconic 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

ktime_get_real_ns — grab the current real / wall time, but in nanoseconds 🕰️✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

u64 ktime_get_real_ns (void );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• void — no arguments, none, zero, nada 🫶 she takes nothing and gives you everything (a nanosecond count)

💖 RETURN 💖

the current real time, converted to nanoseconds. that's it. that's the whole vibe. go off 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./include/linux/timekeeping.h — the mothership, the source, the origin story 🧚
• ktime_get_real(9)
• ktime_get_boottime(9)
• ktime_get_clocktai(9)
• ktime_mono_to_real(9)
• ktime_get_ns(9)
• ktime_get_boottime_ns(9)
• ktime_get_clocktai_ns(9)
• ktime_get_raw_ns(9)
• struct system_time_snapshot(9)
• struct system_counterval_t(9)
• struct system_device_crosststamp(9)

ngl the whole clock family is right there in the see-also list — pick your fave, they're all slaying in their own lane 💀 no cap, read them all before you commit to one.

and that's the page, bestie 🎀 fr fr you're now certified in real-time nanoseconds. mwah 💋

./include/linux · October 2026 · Kernel API Manual — ty for reading, ily, see u in the next page 🌸🦋💜