function::jiffies

Name

function::jiffies — Kernel jiffies count

Synopsis

jiffies:long()

Arguments

None

Description

This function returns the value of the kernel jiffies variable. This value is incremented periodically by timer interrupts, and may wrap around a 32-bit or 64-bit boundary. See HZ.

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