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.TH "HRTIMER_FORWARD_NOW" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Driver Basics"
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.SH "NAME"
hrtimer_forward_now \- forward the timer expiry so it expires after now
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'u64\ hrtimer_forward_now('u
.BI "u64 hrtimer_forward_now(struct\ hrtimer\ *\ " "timer" ", ktime_t\ " "interval" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fItimer\fR
.RS 4
hrtimer to forward
.RE
.PP
\fIinterval\fR
.RS 4
the interval to forward
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Forward the timer expiry so it will expire after the current time of the hrtimer clock base\&. Returns the number of overruns\&.
.PP
Can be safely called from the callback function of
\fItimer\fR\&. If called from other contexts
\fItimer\fR
must neither be enqueued nor running the callback and the caller needs to take care of serialization\&.
.SH "NOTE"
.PP
This only updates the timer expiry value and does not requeue the timer\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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