sched_idle_set_state(9)

✨ sched_idle_set_state(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — yes we're in the kernel-functions section, we're literally built different here 💅 This little page is all about sched_idle_set_state, and it's short, it's sweet, and it absolutely ate.

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🎀 NAME 🎀

sched_idle_set_state — record the idle state for the current CPU. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it writes down which idle state this CPU is chilling in rn 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void sched_idle_set_state (struct cpuidle_state *idle_state );

no return value, no drama, just vibes and a pointer 🫶

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• idle_state — the state you wanna record. literally the state to record, bestie, it's giving "what it says on the tin" ✨ hand it the struct cpuidle_state * of your dreams and it'll be the one on file for the current CPU.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• the kernel file ./kernel/sched/idle.c — the source of truth, go read her 💜
• default_idle_call(9) — the default idle path 🧚
• cpuidle_idle_call(9) — the cpuidle flavor 🔥

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ngl this page is tiny, but tiny ≠ skippable. every arg matters, periodt 💀

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so that's the whole thing, no cap 🌈 — this page came from the ./kernel/sched corner of the kernel docs, dated October 2026, and it's sched_idle_set_state(9) signing off. mwah, go call it responsibly 😭💖🎀