tick_setup_sched_timer(9)

💖 NAME 💖

tick_setup_sched_timer — setup the tick emulation timer. This is the Kernel API Manual page for tick_setup_sched_timer(9), bestie, and it's lowkey iconic because it's short and sweet 🎀.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void tick_setup_sched_timer (bool hrtimer );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hrtimer — whether to use the hrtimer or not. It's a bool in the signature, so it's literally giving yes/no energy ✨.

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

The whole friend group is here, no cap 🫶:

• Kernel file ./kernel/time/tick-sched.c
• 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_get_idle_calls_cpu(9)
• tick_nohz_idle_exit(9)
• tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz(9)

cute sign-off time 💅: page tick_setup_sched_timer(9), source/version ./kernel/time, date October 2026 — periodt, that's the footer vibe and we ate 🍓👑