__atomic_dec_ifmoe(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅✨ NAME ✨💅

okay so bestie, welcome to __atomic_dec_ifmoe(9) from the Kernel API Manual — it's literally "dec if the result is more or equal than a given value." that's the whole vibe. the name is giving main character energy and the job is giving very specific. we stan a legend with a clear purpose 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool __atomic_dec_ifmoe (atomic_t *v , int a , int u );

like yes that's the whole signature, no notes, she's perfect 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • v — pointer of type atomic_t, ok so this is the thing we're messing with 💖
  • a — the amount to dec from v... and yes the manpage really ends that sentence with an ellipsis, we love a cliffhanger 😭
  • u — ...if (v - a) is more or equal than u. so u is the vibes check, the minimum acceptable threshold, the "you must be at least this tall to ride" of the whole operation ✨

💀 DESCRIPTION 💀

so what does it actually do, bestie? it returns true if (v - a) was more or equal than u, and false otherwise. that's it. that's the tea ☕ no cap, that's genuinely the entire behaviour described here. not me expecting a whole saga and getting one extremely precise sentence 💅

lowkey iconic how the whole description is one line and it still ate. periodt.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this list is long long, so buckle up bestie, we're going on a journey through the bnx2x cinematic universe 👑

like... that's sixty entries bestie, i counted, and every single one of them is here because we do NOT skip 💅✨

ngl if you read that entire SEE ALSO list you deserve a lil treat 🍓 go drink some water, bestie.

🧚 sign-off 🧚

okay so this whole page comes from the source/version line ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadco... dated October 2026, and yes the footer really is just the title __atomic_dec_ifmoe(9) doing a little encore at the bottom 😭💖 slay, diva, thanks for coming to my ted talk 🌈⭐

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