__acquire_shared(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 __acquire_shared — the Kernel API Manual girlies' edition ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for __acquire_shared — yes that's the manual name, no I'm not skipping it, we're doing this properly 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

__acquire_shared — the function that acquires a context lock shared. that's it. that's the whole job. iconic behaviour honestly 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

__acquire_shared (x );

literally one argument, one call, no drama. she's lowkey minimal 🎀

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • x — the context lock instance pointer. that's your lock girlie, the one we're talking about here 💖

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

so here's the tea: __acquire_shared is a no-op function — it doesn't actually do anything at runtime, bestie, not a single thing 😭 — but what it represents is acquiring the given context lock instance x with shared access.

it's giving "I'm holding this lock, but like, shared-ly" 🌈. the acquiring is the vibe; the function is a no-op. both things are true and that's the whole point, no cap 🔥

don't come for me expecting runtime locking behaviour — the manpage says no-op and I said no-op. we respect the source 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, and I mean the whole friend group — they're all in the Kernel file ./include/linux/compiler-context-analysis.h and honestly they ate:

that's 26 besties. I counted. you're welcome 🍓

and that's the page!! 🎀 sourced straight from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and signed off by your girl who read every single one of those SEE ALSO entries so you didn't have to 💜 mwah, go hold your locks (shared-ly), ily, bye ✨

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