proc_dointvec_jiffies(9)

💖 proc_dointvec_jiffies(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

proc_dointvec_jiffies — read a vector of integers as seconds

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int proc_dointvec_jiffies (const struct ctl_table *table , int dir ,
void *buffer , size_t *lenp , loff_t *ppos );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• table — the sysctl table, periodt.
• dir — TRUE if this is a write to the sysctl file. like, that's the vibe check for direction 💅
• buffer — the user buffer.
• lenp — the size of the user buffer.
• ppos — file position.

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Reads/writes up to table->maxlen/sizeof(unsigned int) integer values from/to the user buffer, treated as an ASCII string. no cap, that's the move 💖

The values read are assumed to be in seconds, and are converted into jiffies. it's giving seconds-to-jiffies glow-up 🔥

Returns 0 on success. slay ✅

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./kernel/time/jiffies.c proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies(9), proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies(9), proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(9)

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