include/linux/timer_types.h

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

include/linux/timer_types.h

Extension

.h

Size

477 bytes

Lines

24

Domain

Core OS

Bucket

Core Kernel Interface

Inferred role

Core OS: implementation source

Status

source implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

• Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
• Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.

Dependency Surface

• linux/lockdep_types.h
• linux/types.h

Detected Declarations

• struct timer_list

Annotated Snippet

struct timer_list {
	/*
	 * All fields that change during normal runtime grouped to the
	 * same cacheline
	 */
	struct hlist_node	entry;
	unsigned long		expires;
	void			(*function)(struct timer_list *);
	u32			flags;

#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
	struct lockdep_map	lockdep_map;
#endif
};

#endif /* _LINUX_TIMER_TYPES_H */

Annotation

• Immediate include surface: `linux/lockdep_types.h`, `linux/types.h`.
• Detected declarations: `struct timer_list`.
• Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
• Implementation status: source implementation candidate.

Implementation Notes

• This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
• Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
• Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.