timecounter_adjtime(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

Okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — this is the entry for timecounter_adjtime(9), and its whole job is literally: Shifts the time of the clock. That’s the vibe. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void timecounter_adjtime (struct timecounter *tc , s64 delta );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• tc — the struct timecounter to adjust. This is the main-character struct you’re messing with. 👑
• delta — desired change in nanoseconds. That’s the amount of shift, in ns. ⏱️

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./include/linux/timecounter.h
• struct cyclecounter(9)
• struct timecounter(9)
• cyclecounter_cyc2ns(9)
• timecounter_init(9)
• timecounter_read(9)
• timecounter_cyc2time(9)

Source/version and date sign-off: ./include/linux, October 2026 — that’s where this page is from and when it’s dated, bestie. byeee, go shift that clock responsibly 💖🫶