trace_timer_init(9)

🌸 trace_timer_init(9) — bestie, it's timer init time 🌸

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for trace_timer_init(9). This one is short and sweet, no cap: it's the function that gets called when the timer is initialized. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

trace_timer_init — called when the timer is initialized 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void trace_timer_init (struct timer_list *timer );

literally that's the whole signature: returns void, takes one timer argument, and that's it. periodt. 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• timer — pointer to struct timer_list. that's the whole assignment, bestie 🫶

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the page points you at the kernel file ./include/trace/events/timer.h, and then it's a whole friend group of related timer trace entries:

• trace_timer_start(9)
• trace_timer_expire_entry(9)
• trace_timer_expire_exit(9)
• trace_timer_cancel(9)
• trace_hrtimer_setup(9)
• trace_hrtimer_start(9)
• trace_hrtimer_expire_entry(9)
• trace_hrtimer_start_expired(9)
• trace_hrtimer_expire_exit(9)
• trace_hrtimer_cancel(9)
• trace_hrtimer_rearm(9)
• trace_itimer_state(9)
• trace_itimer_expire(9)

and that's the vibe check, bestie — this page comes from ./include/trace/events, October 2026 edition, and it's all about trace_timer_init(9). byeee 🌈💜