time_is_after_jiffies64(9)

👑 time_is_after_jiffies64 — like, the kernel API manual, but make it make sense 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the <pink>Kernel API Manual</pink> ✨ — today's main character is time_is_after_jiffies64(9), and honestly? she's a tiny little function with one job and she does it gorgeously. no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

time_is_after_jiffies64 — returns true if a is after jiffies_64 🫶

like, that's it. that's the whole gig. simple, iconic, effective. periodt.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

time_is_after_jiffies64 (a );

yes the spacing is exactly like that, don't @ me, it's literally what the page says 🙈

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• a — a time (__u64) that you're comparing against jiffies_64 ⭐ lowkey just hand her the timestamp and she'll tell you where it stands.

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💖 RETURN 💖

Returns true if time a is after jiffies_64 — otherwise it's false, bestie. no in-between, no "it's complicated", just a clean lil boolean 🌈

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay this is the part where the whole friend group shows up, and there are so many of them, so buckle in 🧚:

• 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_after_eq64(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_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)

literally the entire time-conversion and time-comparison squad in one list. ate 💀🔥

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ngl the 64 in the name matters — if you wanted the 32-bit-flavored one, go check her sister page. iykyk 💜

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mwah 💋 this lil page lives in ./include/linux and it's dated October 2026 — so mark your calendar, screenshot it, send it to the group chat, and go compare some jiffies bestie 🎀✨🦋