xe_sleep_exponential_ms(9)

💤 NAME 💤

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for xe_sleep_exponential_ms(9) — yes, that’s the manual name folded in right here like a lil name tag instead of a giant header line. this function is literally: Sleep for a exponentially increased time. no cap, that’s the whole assignment 😭💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here’s the exact signature, bestie — do not touch the commas or spaces, fr fr:

unsigned int xe_sleep_exponential_ms (unsigned int *sleep_period_ms ,
unsigned int max_sleep_ms );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• sleep_period_ms — current time in msec to sleep. literally the current sleep time, in msec, bestie 💅
• max_sleep_ms — maximum time in msec to sleep. the ceiling, the limit, the “that’s enough” of it all ✨

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so the vibe is: it sleeps for sleep_period_ms, and then exponentially increases this time for the next loop — unless it reaches the max_sleep_ms limit. that’s it, that’s the whole personality. it’s giving patient-but-growing energy, lowkey iconic 🦋

⭐ RETURN ⭐

returns the approximate time in msec the task was delayed. highkey useful, ngl 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sleep.h
• xe_sleep_relaxed_ms(9)

go touch grass in the kernel source, starting with those, iykyk 🫶

cute lil sign-off bestie: source/version ./drivers/gpu/drm/xe, date October 2026, and the page is xe_sleep_exponential_ms(9). periodt 💖🎀