vtime_dyntick_start(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, meet vtime_dyntick_start(9) from the Kernel API Manual — the little kernel hook whose whole job is to Inform vtime about entry to idle-dynticks. no cap, that's the name-line energy ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void vtime_dyntick_start (void );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• void — no arguments. literally none, bestie, it said what it said 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This one gets called when idle enters in dyntick mode. When that happens, the idle cputime that elapsed so far is accumulated, and the tick subsystem takes over the idle cputime accounting. that's the whole vibe: hand off the accounting, slay 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
• vtime_reset(9)
• vtime_dyntick_stop(9)

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