menu_select(9)

💖 menu_select(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so real talk, we're deep in the kernel API manual rn and this page is all about menu_select — yes that's the function menu_select, and yes it's giving main character energy in the cpuidle menu governor ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

menu_select — literally picks out the next idle state to enter 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int menu_select (struct cpuidle_driver *drv , struct cpuidle_device *dev
, bool *stop_tick );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• drv — the cpuidle driver, and it's the one holding all the state data, iykyk 🗂️
• dev — the CPU. that's it. that's the CPU bestie 💅
• stop_tick — an indication on whether or not to stop the tick ⏰ (it's telling you, not asking)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c 📄
• menu_reflect(9)
• menu_update(9)
• menu_enable_device(9)
• init_menu(9)

fr fr go read those next, they're the whole friend group 🫶

and that's the whole page, no cap 💀 this absolute gem lives over in ./drivers/cpuidle/governors, dated October 2026 — screenshot it, cite it, obsess over it 🎀✨