tick_nohz_ge...le_calls_cpu(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is literally the page for tick_nohz_get_idle_calls_cpu(9), and it's giving “check one CPU’s idle-calls counter” energy 💅

💖 NAME 💖

tick_nohz_get_idle_calls_cpu — returns the current idle calls counter value for a particular CPU. no cap, that’s the whole assignment 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

unsigned long tick_nohz_get_idle_calls_cpu (int cpu );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• cpu — the target CPU number 👑 like, which CPU are we checking? this one.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

It’s called from the schedutil frequency scaling governor in scheduler context. that’s the lore, fr fr ✨

⭐ RETURN ⭐

It hands back the current idle calls counter value for cpu 💖 that’s the return value, bestie.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./kernel/time/tick-sched.c, plus these absolute icons:

• tick_nohz_update_jiffies(9)
• tick_nohz_next_event(9)
• tick_nohz_idle_stop_tick(9)
• tick_nohz_idle_enter(9)
• tick_nohz_irq_exit(9)
• tick_nohz_idle_got_tick(9)
• tick_nohz_get_next_hrtimer(9)
• tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(9)
• tick_nohz_idle_exit(9)
• tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz(9)
• tick_setup_sched_timer(9)

signing off from source/version ./kernel/time, October 2026, for tick_nohz_ge...le_calls_cpu(9) 💅 stay slay, bestie 💜