atomic_dec(9)

💅 NAME — atomic_dec(9) 🎀

okay bestie, meet atomic_dec — the Atomic decrement icon. ✨ That's literally her whole thing: atomic decrement, no cap. 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int atomic_dec (atomic_t *addr );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• addr — the address of the variable you're decrementing, bestie. That's the target. 🎯

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

It returns the new value of addr-val. That's the documented behavior, periodt. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file: ./tools/testing/selftests/futex/include/atomic.h — go read it, iykyk 🧚
• atomic_cmpxchg(9) — another atomic bestie in the group chat 💬
• atomic_inc(9) — the incremint one, lowkey iconic ⭐
• atomic_set(9) — the setter, also invited to the function party 🎀

okay that's the whole page, bestie! 🫶 This lil manual is from ./tools/testing/selftests/fute..., dated October 2026, and it's filed under atomic_dec(9). mwah 💋✨