tick_broadca...etup_oneshot(9)
π tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot(9) β ok bestie, let's talk
So this lil page lives in the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? It's short, it's sweet, and it's doing exactly one thing. Iconic behavior, no notes. π
β¨ NAME β¨
tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot β setup the broadcast device π«Ά
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
void tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot (struct clock_event_device *bc , bool
from_periodic );
That's the whole signature, bestie β returns void, takes two things, no cap. π
β¨ ARGUMENTS β¨
bcβ the broadcast device. That's it, that's the whole description. It's giving "pointer to the main character." πfrom_periodicβ abool, and it'strueif this was called from periodic mode. Like, that's the entire vibe check on this one. β
π SEE ALSO π
- Kernel file
./kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c tick_broadcast_control(9)
ok that's genuinely the whole page π tiny but mighty, fr fr. Go read tick_broadcast_control(9) next if you want more to obsess over. π¦
Made with love from ./kernel/time β October 2026 edition, mwah πβ¨
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms