time_after_eq64(9)

💖 time_after_eq64 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — today's main character is time_after_eq64, and honestly? she's a tiny function with a big job 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

time_after_eq64 — returns true if the time a is after or the same as time b. that's it, that's the whole vibe check 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

time_after_eq64 (a , b );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• a — first comparable as __u64 👑
• b — second comparable as __u64 ✨

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so like, this one is specifically for when you're working with jiffies_64 — i.e. the return value of get_jiffies_64. literally this must be used in that case. no cap, don't try to be cute and use the regular one, this is her moment 🫶

🔥 RETURN 🔥

returns true if time a is after or the same as time b, otherwise false. simple as that, periodt 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, fr fr:

• Kernel file ./include/linux/jiffies.h
• get_jiffies_64(9)
• General information about time_* inlines(9)
• time_after(9)
• time_before(9)
• time_after_eq(9)
• time_before_eq(9)
• time_in_range(9)
• time_in_range_open(9)
• time_after64(9)
• time_before64(9)
• time_before_eq64(9)
• time_in_range64(9)
• time_is_before_jiffies(9)
• time_is_before_jiffies64(9)
• time_is_after_jiffies(9)
• time_is_after_jiffies64(9)
• time_is_before_eq_jiffies(9)
• time_is_before_eq_jiffies64(9)
• time_is_after_eq_jiffies(9)
• time_is_after_eq_jiffies64(9)
• jiffies_to_msecs(9)
• jiffies_to_usecs(9)
• jiffies_to_nsecs(9)
• msecs_to_jiffies(9)
• secs_to_jiffies(9)
• usecs_to_jiffies(9)

bestie this one lives in ./include/linux and it's dated October 2026, and the page itself is time_after_eq64(9) — go forth and compare those times, i'm obsessed 🧚💖