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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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